Selected quad for the lemma: work_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
work_n	conscience_n	dead_a	purge_v	5,027	5	9.3264	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42499	The whole duty of a communicant eing rules and directions for a worthy receiving the most holy sacrament of the Lord's Supper. By the right reverend Father in God, John Gauden, late Lord Bishop of Exeter. He being dead yet speaketh.	Gauden, John, 1605-1662.	1685 (1685)	Wing G373A; ESTC R217413	67,785	159

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the_o world_n and_o the_o devil_n thou_o have_v promise_v o_o lord_n that_o thou_o will_v not_o the_o death_n of_o a_o sinner_n but_o rather_o that_o he_o shall_v turn_v from_o his_o wickhedness_n and_o live_v iii_o o_o lord_n i_o beseech_v thou_o turn_v my_o heart_n that_o i_o may_v sin_v no_o more_o against_o thou_o so_o will_v not_o iniquity_n be_v my_o ruin_n and_o grant_v that_o i_o may_v repent_v i_o of_o all_o my_o sin_n before_o i_o come_v to_o that_o holy_a table_n to_o taste_v of_o thy_o precious_a body_n and_o blood_n and_o to_o receive_v it_o with_o the_o eye_n of_o faith_n and_o thanksgiving_n alas_o i_o be_o unworthy_a to_o lift_v up_o my_o eye_n towards_o thou_o or_o to_o call_v thou_o father_n but_o thou_o be_v a_o father_n indeed_o o_o look_v upon_o i_o then_o with_o thy_o fatherly_a eye_n of_o compassion_n for_o thy_o sight_n raise_v the_o dead_a and_o can_v raise_v i_o which_o be_o dead_a in_o trespass_n and_o sin_n when_o i_o go_v wander_v a_o far_o off_o from_o 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