Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	act_n	person_n	power_n	4,318	5	5.0707	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47669	A sermon preach'd before the King at New-market, on Sunday the 16th day of April, 1699 by John Leng ...	Leng, John, 1665-1727.	1699 (1699)	Wing L1050; ESTC R11706	12,544	38

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to_o forget_v god_n but_o that_o other_o also_o see_v their_o worldly_a happiness_n and_o consider_v the_o mean_a condition_n of_o many_o good_a man_n be_v thereby_o tempt_v through_o weakness_n of_o judgement_n and_o want_n of_o consideration_n to_o think_v hardly_o of_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n as_o if_o he_o be_v regardless_o of_o good_a and_o evil._n and_o indeed_o the_o temptation_n seem_v sometime_o so_o plausible_a that_o the_o holy_a psalmist_n himself_o confess_v he_o be_v a_o little_a stagger_v with_o it_o till_o he_o reflect_v more_o serious_o upon_o the_o matter_n in_o the_o forementioned_a psalm_n v._n 18.14_o and_o the_o prophet_n jeremy_n complain_v chap._n 12.1_o 2._o righteous_a be_v thou_o o_o lord_n when_o i_o plead_v with_o thou_o yet_o let_v i_o talk_v with_o thou_o of_o thy_o judgement_n wherefore_o do_v the_o way_n of_o the_o wicked_a prosper_v wherefore_o be_v all_o they_o happy_a that_o deal_n very_o treacherous_o thou_o have_v plant_v they_o yea_o they_o 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