Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	bishop_n	write_v	year_n	2,971	5	4.6743	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30406	Reflections on The relation of the English reformation, lately printed at Oxford	Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.	1688 (1688)	Wing B5854; ESTC R14072	57,228	104

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on_o that_o church_n to_o which_o he_o have_v go_v over_o than_o all_o the_o service_n he_o can_v ever_o render_v they_o in_o his_o useless_a and_o confound_v write_n will_v be_v able_a to_o wipe_v off_o but_o to_o who_o sovever_o he_o have_v be_v a_o reproach_n our_o church_n have_v no_o share_n in_o it_o since_o of_o he_o and_o of_o such_o as_o he_o be_v we_o must_v say_v they_o go_v out_o from_o we_o but_o they_o be_v not_o of_o we_o for_o if_o they_o have_v be_v of_o we_o they_o will_v no_o doubt_n have_v continue_v with_o we_o but_o they_o go_v out_o that_o it_o may_v be_v make_v manifest_a that_o they_o be_v not_o all_o of_o we_o finis_fw-la p._n 82._o ad_fw-la finem_fw-la from_o p._n 140._o page_n 141._o adorat_fw-la of_o the_o euchar._n p._n 28._o p._n 139._o ephes._n 5._o 24._o col._n 3._o 20._o page_n 87_o 88_o 2_o chron._n 17._o 7._o 2_o chron_n 9_o 5_o 8._o v._o 11._o 2_o chron._n 29._o 5._o v._o 34._o 2_o chron._n 30._o 23._o numb_a 9_o 10._o ezra_n 7._o 25._o nehem._n 13._o 28._o ludolph_n p._n 20._o lin_v 12._o p._n 21._o hist._n reform_v p._n 1._o re●_n bo._n 2._o n._n 10._o ibid_fw-la n._n 24._o nam_fw-la qui_fw-la reginae_fw-la odio_fw-la vel_fw-la speratae_fw-la sec_fw-la dum_fw-la forsan_fw-la notae_fw-la futurae_fw-la conjugis_fw-la illecib●_n &_o titillatione_fw-la regem_fw-la agi_fw-la putant_fw-la ij_o ex_fw-la cord_n plane_n &_o toto_fw-la quod_fw-la aiunt_fw-la coelo_fw-la errare_fw-la videntur_fw-la ibid._n p._n 22._o cott._n lib._n vit._n b._n 13._o p._n 23._o ●_o 25._o print_a in_o the_o cabala_n p._n 26._o p._n 28._o p._n 39_o 25_o henry_n 8_o n._n 14._o p._n 41._o hist._n reform_v rec._n b._n 2._o n._n 37_o 38_o 39_o p._n 51._o p._n 78_o 79._o p._n 57_o p._n 58._o p._n 64._o p._n 68_o p._n 71._o p._n ibid._n p._n 72._o p._n 84._o p._n 90._o p._n 93._o p._n 9●_n p._n ibid._n p._n 108._o p._n 110._o p._n 111._o p._n 119._o p._n 127._o p._n 134._o p._n 135._o p._n 142._o p._n 157._o p._n 160._o ibid._n tolet._n can_v 10._o 10._o 75._o c._n 13._o 1040._o vita_fw-la gul._n abb._n dijon_n c._n 4._o p._n 162._o p._n 176_o 273._o p._n 187._o p._n 208._o p._n 120._o p._n 2._o