Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	lord_n	name_n	write_v	5,698	5	5.8489	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30965	The speeches, discourses, and prayers, of Col. John Barkstead, Col. John Okey, and Mr. Miles Corbet, upon the 19th of April being the day of their suffering at Tyburn : together with an account of the occasion and manner of their taking in Holland : as also of their several occasional speeches, discourses, and letters, both before, and in the time of their late imprisonment : faithfully and impartially collected for a general satisfaction.; Selections. 1662	Barkstead, John, d. 1662.; Okey, John, d. 1662. Selections. 1662.; Corbet, Miles, d. 1662. Selections. 1662.	1662 (1662)	Wing B817; ESTC R22773	95,595	102

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poor_a wretch_n stand_v in_o more_o need_n of_o mercy_n than_o we_o do_v we_o humble_o pray_v thou_o for_o the_o lord_n sake_n extend_v mercy_n to_o we_o o_o lord_n do_v not_o remember_v against_o we_o what_o we_o have_v do_v but_o remember_v what_o the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n have_v suffer_v and_o when_o thou_o have_v look_v upon_o thy_o dear_a son_n then_o look_v upon_o thy_o poor_a worm_n o_o lord_n we_o humble_o pray_v thou_o for_o jesus_n sake_n forgive_v whatever_o be_v past_a cover_v we_o with_o the_o righteousness_n of_o jesus_n christ_n let_v none_o of_o our_o nakedness_n appear_v we_o beg_v for_o the_o lord_n sake_n o_o that_o the_o lord_n will_v be_v please_v to_o speak_v peace_n now_o to_o our_o soul_n bless_a father_n we_o have_v in_o some_o measure_n bless_a be_v thy_o name_n the_o assurance_n of_o thy_o love_n seal_v to_o our_o soul_n by_o thy_o glorious_a spirit_n we_o humble_o pray_v thou_o o_o lord_n we_o beseech_v thou_o for_o christ_n sake_n look_v upon_o we_o 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