Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	call_v	day_n	sabbath_n	4,131	5	10.2944	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30730	Sabbatikh ʻhmepa ʻhmepa ʻimepa, Septima dies, dies desiderabilis, sabbatum Jehovae the seventh-day-sabbath the desirable day, the closing completing day of that first created week, which was, is, and will be, the just measure of all succeeding weeks in their successive courses, both for working in the six foregoing days, and for rest in the seventh, which is the last day, by an unchangeable law of well-established order, both in the revealed word and in created nature. The second part / by Francis Bampfield.	Bampfield, Francis, 1615 or 16-1683.	1677 (1677)	Wing B628; ESTC R13923	284,270	156

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psal_n 92._o title_n compare_v with_o the_o rest_n rest_n mar._n 2._o 27._o mat._n 24._o 20._o 20._o exod._n 16._o 23_o 35_o 35_o comparae_n josh_n 5._o 12._o 12._o exod_n 20._o 9_o 10._o deut_n 5._o 13_o 14._o 14._o exod._n 31._o 14_o 15._o 15._o exod._n 35._o 2._o 2._o levit._fw-la 26._o 2_o 14_o 15_o 16._o etc._n etc._n t_o numb_a 15._o 30_o 36_o 36_o exod._n 31._o 14_o 15._o &_o 35_o 2._o 2._o jerem._n 17._o 19_o 20_o 21_o 22_o 23_o 27._o 27._o ezek._n 20._o 10_o 21_o 21_o ezek._n 22_o 26._o 31._o 31._o amos._n 8._o 4-14_a 4-14_a nehem._n 13._o 15-22_a 15-22_a 2._o king_n 25._o mat._n 24._o 20._o act._n 13._o 44_o 48_o 48_o gen._n 1._o 26_o 27._o eccles_n 7._o 29._o ephes_n 4._o 24._o colos_n 3._o 10._o rom._n 2._o 14_o 15_o 26_o 27._o &_o 3._o 29._o 29._o gen._n 8._o 22._o jerem._n 31._o 35_o 36._o &_o 33._o 20_o 25._o 25._o 1_o cor._n 11._o 14._o rome●_n 20._o 20._o heb._n 4._o 10._o revel_v 14._o 13._o 13._o exod._n 23._o 12._o 12._o mognadim_n &_o contract_v mognadei_fw-la compare_v gen._n 1._o 14._o and_o psal_n 104._o 19_o &_o levit._n 23._o 2_o 3._o and_o numb_a 28._o 2._o 9_o 10_o &_o psa_n 136._o 7_o 8_o 9_o 9_o 2_o pet._n 1._o 3_o 4._o 4._o galat._n 4._o 8._o 8._o jam._n 3._o 7._o 7._o rom._n 2._o 27._o 27._o rom._n 11._o 24._o 24._o rom._n 1_o 26_o 27._o rom._n 11._o 24._o 24._o rom._n 2._o 14._o 1_o cor._n 11._o 14._o 14._o psal_n 51._o 10._o 2_o cor._n 5._o 17._o eph._n 2._o 10._o &_o 4._o 24._o gal._n 6._o 15._o isa_n 41._o 20._o &_o 57_o 19_o ps_n 148._o 5_o 6._o ezek._n 28._o 13._o 15._o isai_n 4._o 5._o &_o 48._o 7._o jer._n 31._o 22._o psa_fw-la 102._o 18._o eph._n 3._o 9_o isa_n 65._o 18._o psa_fw-la 100_o 3._o &_o 149._o 2._o isa_n 27._o 11._o &_o 43._o 1._o 7_o 15_o 21._o and_o 44._o 2_o 21_o 24._o &_o 45._o 11._o &_o 51._o 13._o &_o 54._o 5._o eph._n 2._o 15._o isai_n 65._o 17._o &_o 66._o 22._o 2_o per._n 3._o 13._o rev._n 21._o 1_o 2._o prov._n 16._o 4._o rom._n 11._o 36._o 1_o cor._n 8._o 6._o heb._n 2._o 10._o rev._n 4._o 11._o 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observe_v diu●issime_fw-la clemens_n constitutionum_fw-la 7._o 24._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d paria_fw-la habet_fw-la 8._o 33_o &_o 67._o asterius_n amascae_n episcopus_fw-la in_o homilia_fw-la de_fw-la repudio_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vocat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gregorius_n nyssenus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d balsamo_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ideo_fw-la constantinus_n christianos_n non_fw-la minus_fw-la in_o sabbatum_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o diem_fw-la dominicum_fw-la vadari_fw-la vetuit_fw-la tesle_a eusclio_n hinc_fw-la etiam_fw-la ortum_fw-la illud_fw-la ut_fw-la sicut_fw-la diebus_fw-la dominicis_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ●etitiae_fw-la diebus_fw-la non_fw-la jejunabatur_fw-la sient_fw-la docet_fw-la gangrensis_fw-la synodus_fw-la canone_o 18._o ita_fw-la nec_fw-la sabbatis_fw-la excepto_fw-la uno_fw-la ante_fw-la pascha_fw-la sic_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d interpretatur_fw-la z●naras_n ad_fw-la canonem_fw-la apostolicum_fw-la 53._o 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