Selected quad for the lemma: world_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	false_a	spirit_n	try_v	3,332	5	9.2261	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23734	The government of the thoughts a prefatory discourse to The government of the tongue / by the author of The whole duty of man.	Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.; Pakington, Dorothy Coventry, Lady, d. 1679.; Fell, John, 1625-1686.; Sterne, Richard, 1596?-1683.	1694 (1694)	Wing A1131; ESTC R16378	90,774	192

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it_o further_o it_o be_v no_o better_a than_o the_o spirit_n of_o satan_n reign_v in_o the_o envious_a 7._o this_o mischief_n sometime_o crafty_o steal_v on_o incautious_a good_a man_n as_o joshua_n be_v envy_v for_o moses_n sake_n num._n 11.28_o 29._o and_o the_o psalmist_n confess_v my_o foot_n say_v he_o be_v almost_o go_v for_o i_o be_v envious_a at_o the_o foolish_a when_o i_o see_v the_o prosperity_n of_o the_o wicked_a psal._n 73.2_o 3._o the_o prophet_n jeremiah_n and_o habakkuk_n be_v a_o little_a infect_v with_o this_o contagion_n which_o the_o scripture_n as_o a_o monitor_n admonish_v all_o man_n to_o beware_v of_o that_o snare_n which_o entrap_v such_o good_a men._n 8._o the_o act_n thereof_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o right_a reason_n if_o we_o respect_v the_o supreme_a giver_n of_o that_o which_o stimulate_v envy_n for_o how_o irrational_a a_o presumption_n be_v it_o in_o man_n to_o control_v the_o providence_n of_o god_n if_o jacob_n eye_n wax_v dim_a with_o age_n and_o 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