Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	law_n	power_n	resist_v	2,109	5	9.2401	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66382	A sermon preach'd before the Lord-Mayor and court of Aldermen in the church of St. Mary le Bow, on Thursday the 26th of November, being the day of the publick thanksgiving William Wake ...	Wake, William, 1657-1737.	1691 (1691)	Wing W269; ESTC R4903	26,626	40

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