Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	john_n	lord_n	william_n	6,349	4	7.9267	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67145	The rebellious city destroyed being an anniversary sermon in memory of the dreadful fire of London, on the second day of September, 1666, preached at St. Olave's Hart-Street, London, September the second, 1682 / by William Wray ...	Wray, William, 1650?-1692.	1682 (1682)	Wing W3673; ESTC R8957	15,751	42

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his_o severe_a judgement_n upon_o this_o city_n yet_o fresh_a in_o your_o thought_n and_o yet_o feel_v in_o many_o of_o your_o fortune_n have_v beget_v in_o you_o that_o it_o ill_o behoove_v you_o now_o to_o dissemble_v or_o proud_o to_o insist_v upon_o self-justification_n god_n have_v signal_o manifest_v his_o displeasure_n and_o do_v not_o use_v to_o scatter_v such_o plague_n as_o these_o at_o random_n nor_o suffer_v his_o vengeance_n to_o fall_v so_o heavy_a and_o epidemical_o but_o where_o he_o have_v be_v out_o of_o measure_n provoke_v indeed_o private_a calamity_n often_o light_a upon_o particular_a man_n for_o other_o reason_n and_o be_v not_o always_o intend_v for_o the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n neither_o be_v they_o infallible_a symptom_n of_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n against_o those_o that_o be_v thus_o visit_v but_o where_o a_o city_n a_o metropolis_n and_o in_o that_o a_o whole_a nation_n be_v concern_v and_o where_o the_o judgement_n be_v so_o dreadful_o remarkable_a so_o 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