Selected quad for the lemma: child_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
child_n	lord_n	moses_n	pharaoh_n	2,908	5	10.6443	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42790	Three sermons preached in Lent and summer assizes last at Lancaster, and on one of the Lords days in the late Guild of Preston : wherein the nature of subjection to the civil magistrate is explained, the duty proved, and the clergy justified in pressing the same upon their fellow-subjects / by Thomas Gipps.	Gipps, Thomas, d. 1709.	1683 (1683)	Wing G783; ESTC R27382	51,822	90

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