Selected quad for the lemma: work_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
work_n	dead_a	faith_n	lively_a	5,187	5	10.6802	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88797	The penitent lady: or Reflections on the mercy of God. Written by the fam'd Madam La Valliere, since her retirement from the French king's court to a nunnery. Translated from the French by L.A. M.A.; Reflexions sur la misericorde de Dieu. English. 1685	La Vallière, Françoise-Louise de La Baume Le Blanc, duchesse de, 1644-1710.	1685 (1685)	Wing L623H; ESTC R179362	31,041	152

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this_o world_n have_v compassion_n on_o my_o indigence_n and_o inconstancy_n which_o divert_v i_o from_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v good_a and_o maugre_o the_o light_n of_o faith_n render_v tll_v my_o good_a work_n abortive_a o_o god_n who_o love_v we_o more_o than_o we_o can_v love_v ourselves_o and_o who_o out_o of_o thy_o infinite_a goodness_n have_v rescue_v i_o from_o a_o false_a hope_n by_o which_o i_o shall_v have_v be_v flatter_v into_o final_a impenitence_n and_o thus_o have_v save_v i_o contrary_n to_o my_o own_o inclination_n give_v i_o a_o solid_a hope_n in_o thy_o divine_a merit_n let_v i_o consider_v they_o as_o the_o only_a object_n of_o my_o trust_n and_o principal_o when_o the_o devil_n tempt_v i_o to_o despair_v and_o employ_v all_o his_o artifices_fw-la by_o the_o interposition_n of_o my_o sin_n and_o frailty_n to_o eclipse_v the_o contemplation_n of_o thy_o merit_n in_o this_o day_n of_o my_o affliction_n and_o distress_n o_o my_o god_n fix_v my_o eye_n upon_o my_o 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