Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	church_n	elder_n	ordain_v	4,165	4	9.3414	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79475	A plot for the good of posterity. Communicated in a sermon to the Honorable House of Commons for the sanctifying of the monthly fast. March 25. 1646. / By Francis Cheynell.	Cheynell, Francis, 1608-1665.	1646 (1646)	Wing C3814; Thomason E329_11; ESTC R200698	45,495	60

die_fw-la mercurij_fw-la 25._o martij_fw-la 1646._o order_a by_o the_o commons_o assemble_v in_o parliament_n that_o m._n holles_n and_o st_n peter_n wentworth_n do_v from_o this_o house_n give_v thanks_o to_o m._n bolton_n and_o m._n cheynell_n for_o the_o great_a pain_n they_o take_v in_o the_o sermon_n they_o preach_v this_o day_n at_o the_o entreaty_n of_o this_o house_n at_o st_n margaret_n westminster_n it_o be_v the_o day_n of_o public_a humiliation_n and_o to_o desire_v they_o to_o print_v their_o sermon_n and_o it_o be_v order_v that_o none_o shall_v presume_v to_o print_v their_o sermon_n without_o licence_n under_o their_o hand_n write_v h._n elsing_n cler._n parl._n d._n com._n march_n 28._o 1646._o i_o appoint_v andrew_n comb_v to_o print_v my_o sermon_n samuel_n bolton_n a_o plot_n for_o the_o good_a of_o posterity_n communicate_v in_o a_o sermon_n to_o the_o honourable_a house_n of_o commons_o for_o the_o sanctify_n of_o the_o monthly_a fast_n march_n 25._o 1646._o by_o francis_n cheynell_n posteris_fw-la sero_fw-la aeternitati_fw-la pingo_fw-la parent_n sunt_fw-la liberorum_fw-la praeceptores_fw-la {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o xenophon_n cyropaed_n l_o 8._o magistratus_fw-la pius_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la pater_fw-la est_fw-la the_o wise_a in_o heart_n will_v receive_v commandment_n but_o a_o prate_a fool_n shall_v fall_v prov._n 10._o 8._o let_v not_o thy_o heart_n envy_v sinner_n but_o be_v thou_o in_o the_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n all_o the_o day_n long_o prov._n 23._o 17._o london_n print_v for_o samuel_n gellibrand_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v at_o his_o shop_n at_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n in_o paul_n churchyard_n 1646._o to_o the_o honourable_a house_n of_o commons_o assemble_v in_o parliament_n when_o i_o receive_v your_o order_n i_o be_v not_o in_o case_n to_o obey_v it_o be_v scarce_o able_a to_o write_v or_o read_v we_o shall_v learn_v by_o every_o fit_a of_o sickness_n the_o greatness_n of_o 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