Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	king_n	law_n	word_n	3,134	5	4.2980	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A83437	The casting down of the last and strongest hold of Satan. Or, A treatise against toleration and pretended liberty of conscience: wherein by Scripture, sound reason, fathers, schoolmen, casuists, Protestant divines of all nations, confessions of faith of the Reformed Churches, ecclesiastical histories, and constant practice of the most pious and wisest emperours, princes, states, the best writers of politicks, the experience of all ages; yea, by divers principles, testimonies and proceedings of sectaries themselves, as Donatists, Anabaptists, Brownists, Independents, the unlawfulnesse and mischeif [sic] in Christian commonwealths and kingdoms both of a vniversal toleration of all religions and consciences, and of a limited and bounded of some sects only, are clearly proved and demonstrated, with all the materiall grounds and reasons brought for such tolerations fully answered. / By Thomas Edvvards, Minister of the Gospel. The first part.; Casting down of the last and strongest hold of Satan. Part 1	Edwards, Thomas, 1599-1647.	1647 (1647)	Wing E225; Thomason E394_6; ESTC R201621	211,214	231

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24._o verse_n 16._o he_o that_o blaspheme_v the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n shall_v sure_o be_v put_v to_o death_n as_o well_o the_o stranger_n as_o he_o that_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o land_n upon_o which_o place_n of_o scripture_n and_o other_o as_o the_o four_o commandment_n etc._n etc._n beside_o many_o reason_n that_o may_v be_v give_v why_o stranger_n be_v to_o be_v take_v in_o the_o large_a sense_n even_o for_o all_o stranger_n come_v among_o they_o though_o not_o proselyte_n it_o be_v the_o judgement_n of_o many_o learned_a man_n as_o rabbin_n who_o be_v best_a skill_v in_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o jew_n maimonides_n with_o other_o as_o modern_a writer_n zanchius_n rivetus_n our_o english_a divine_n in_o their_o late_a annotation_n on_o levit_fw-la 20._o verse_n 1._o and_o above_o all_o master_n selden_n in_o that_o learned_a book_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la naturali_fw-la &_o gentium_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 3._o clear_o show_v it_o be_v understand_v of_o all_o gentile_n come_v 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