Selected quad for the lemma: child_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
child_n	aaron_n	israel_n	land_n	2,088	5	6.2286	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27353	Nehemiah the Tirshatha, or, The character of a good commissioner to which is added Grapes in the wilderness / by Mr. Thomas Bell ...	Bell, Thomas, fl. 1672-1692.; Bell, Thomas. Grapes in the wilderness.	1692 (1692)	Wing B1804; Wing B1803_PARTIAL; ESTC R4955	138,914	254

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chargeable_a to_o the_o people_n nor_o take_v the_o bread_n of_o the_o governor_n nor_o buy_v land_n but_o keep_v a_o large_a table_n for_o a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o of_o the_o jew_n and_o ruler_n beside_o stranger_n and_o that_o no_o man_n may_v think_v this_o be_v a_o frolic_a or_o a_o ambitious_a singular_a popular_a humour_n v_o 15._o he_o assert_v express_o that_o this_o he_o do_v because_o of_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n and_o resolve_v it_o into_o this_o reason_n that_o he_o will_v not_o be_v chargeable_a to_o the_o people_n and_o thus_o i_o take_v the_o account_n of_o the_o matter_n that_o to_o be_v chargeable_a to_o a_o poor_a exhaust_a people_n consist_v not_o with_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n nor_o with_o the_o fatherly_a heart_n of_o a_o good_a ruler_n in_o fine_a the_o ruler_n shall_v remember_v that_o subjection_n first_o found_v in_o a_o son_n be_v ultimate_o refound_v in_o the_o commandment_n honour_v thy_o father_n 4_o the_o good_a ruler_n be_v a_o person_n well_o inform_v 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be_v that_o his_o method_n and_o prattique_n of_o information_n be_v not_o commit_v to_o more_o clear_a and_o faithful_a record_n than_o dark_a and_o slippery_a tradition_n chap_n 2_o 12._o nehemiah_n go_v out_o by_o night_n to_o view_v thè_z wall_n the_o ancient_a hieroglyphic_n which_o paint_a ruler_n blind_a may_v here_o come_v under_o correction_n for_o he_o that_o have_v not_o eye_n and_o ear_n of_o his_o own_o can_v neither_o see_v nor_o hear_v with_o another_o man_n as_o be_v common_o say_v to_o be_v the_o case_n of_o ruler_n other_o thing_n the_o tirshatha_n understand_v by_o information_n of_o other_o and_o here_o the_o good_a ruler_n will_v seek_v information_n chap._n 1._o 2._o ver_fw-la and_o this_o proceed_v from_o his_o foresay_a affection_n or_o otherways_o he_o reject_v not_o information_n and_o that_o either_o by_o complaint_n as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o mortgage_n 5_o chap._n or_o simple_a historical_a relation_n as_o the_o condition_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o people_n chap._n 1_o 2_o 3._o and_o the_o fault_n of_o eltashib_n in_o give_v tobiah_n a_o chamber_n in_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n chap_n 13._o 7._o and_o the_o withhold_v of_o the_o priest_n portion_n ver_fw-la 10._o it_o be_v the_o part_n of_o all_o good_a subject_n in_o their_o several_a station_n to_o give_v and_o the_o part_n of_o the_o good_a ruler_n to_o seek_v and_o take_v information_n of_o evil_n and_o disorder_n in_o the_o people_n condition_n or_o manner_n prince_n shall_v have_v long_a ear_n pharoahs_n prince_n say_v know_v thou_o not_o that_o egyptis_n destroy_v if_o he_o know_v not_o they_o can_v tell_v he_o it_o but_o sometime_o know_v not_o be_v one_o with_o care_n not_o and_o then_o come_v the_o question_n of_o the_o disciple_n master_n care_v thou_o not_o that_o we_o perish_v and_o prov._n 24._o 12._o will_v be_v remember_v if_o thou_o say_v behold_v we_o know_v it_o not_o do_v not_o he_o that_o ponder_v the_o heart_n consider_v it_o and_o he_o that_o keep_v thy_o soul_n do_v not_o he_o know_v it_o and_o shall_v not_o he_o render_v to_o every_o man_n according_a to_o his_o work_n foreign_a intelligence_n be_v necessary_a of_o the_o counsel_n and_o motion_n of_o enemy_n and_o nehemiah_n be_v not_o want_v in_o that_o either_o yet_o take_v it_o apart_o from_o homeward_a information_n and_o acquaintance_n with_o our_o own_o condition_n it_o be_v but_o foris_fw-la sapere_fw-la and_o none_o of_o the_o great_a wisdom_n for_o what_o be_v the_o difference_n betwixt_o a_o man_n out_o of_o his_o wit_n and_o he_o who_o wit_n be_v without_o he_o what_o can_v a_o judge_n say_v to_o a_o cause_n or_o a_o physician_n to_o a_o disease_n without_o information_n and_o what_o can_v a_o ruler_n do_v for_o a_o people_n unless_o he_o be_v thorough_o acquaint_v with_o their_o condition_n 5._o the_o good_a ruler_n be_v a_o homely_a condescend_v conversible_a and_o accessible_a person_n this_o necessary_o make_v way_n for_o the_o former_a in_o practice_n 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