Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	abraham_n	church_n	zion_n	34	3	8.6749	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02793	Two godlie and learned sermons, preached at Manchester in Lancashire before a great audience, both of honor and vvoorship. The first, containeth a proofe of the subtill practises of dissembling neuters, and politique worldlings. The other, a charge and instruction, for all vnlearned, negligent, and dissolute ministers: and an exhortation to the common people, to seeke their amendment, by prayer, vnto God. By Simon Harward, preacher of the woord of God, and Maister of Arte, late of Newe Colledge in Oxfoord.	Harward, Simon, fl. 1572-1614.	1582 (1582)	STC 12924; ESTC S112568	108,746	262

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of_o the_o harvest_n to_o send_v forth_o labourer_n into_o his_o harvest_n we_o have_v to_o consider_v the_o tender_a care_n which_o every_o minister_n ought_v to_o have_v of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n still_o to_o pray_v unto_o god_n for_o the_o same_o and_o not_o only_o to_o pray_v unto_o god_n but_o also_o with_o great_a grief_n of_o hart_n to_o remember_v as_o well_o the_o small_a number_n of_o the_o faithful_a labourer_n as_o also_o the_o great_a number_n of_o the_o people_n sin_n this_o vehement_a zeal_n and_o tender_a care_n for_o the_o harvest_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v in_o moses_n when_o he_o pray_v so_o earnest_o for_o the_o people_n that_o he_o say_v 32.32_o exod._n 32.32_o o_o lord_n pardon_v their_o sin_n or_o else_o raze_v i_o out_o of_o the_o book_n which_o thou_o have_v write_v 24._o gen._n 18_o 24._o this_o be_v in_o abraham_n for_o when_o he_o see_v how_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o sodomite_n have_v provoke_v the_o scourge_n of_o god_n against_o they_o he_o pray_v unto_o the_o lord_n and_o say_v lord_n if_o there_o be_v but_o fifty_o righteous_a in_o the_o city_n will_v thou_o destroy_v the_o place_n and_o not_o spare_v it_o for_o the_o fifty_o righteous_a and_o again_o behold_v i_o have_v begin_v to_o speak_v unto_o the_o lord_n and_o be_o but_o dust_n and_o ash_n if_o there_o lack_v five_o of_o fifty_o will_v thou_o destroy_v they_o for_o five_o and_o again_o what_o if_o but_o forty_o and_o again_o what_o if_o thirty_o what_o if_o twenty_o and_o again_o let_v not_o my_o lord_n be_v angry_a if_o i_o speak_v once_o again_o what_o if_o but_o ten_o show_v thereby_o sufficient_o the_o earnest_a zeal_n which_o he_o have_v 2.7_o 2._o pet._n 2.7_o for_o the_o salvation_n of_o the_o people_n this_o be_v in_o lot_n who_o be_v vex_v with_o the_o unclean_a conversation_n of_o the_o wicked_a for_o be_v righteous_a and_o dwell_v among_o they_o in_o see_v and_o hear_v vex_v his_o righteous_a soul_n from_o day_n to_o day_n with_o their_o unclean_a and_o foul_a 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