Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	better_a	divine_a	great_a	88	3	2.0866	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33464	The little manuel of the poore mans dayly devotion collected out of severall pious and approoved authors / by W.C.	W. C. (William Clifford), d. 1670.	1669 (1669)	Wing C4712; ESTC R7795	136,664	494

myself_o a_o slave_n to_o sin_n thou_o have_v consecrate_v i_o thy_o temple_n and_o i_o have_v make_v myself_o a_o den_n of_o devil_n thou_o have_v arm_v i_o as_o thy_o soldier_n and_o i_o have_v take_v part_n with_o thy_o enemy_n thou_o have_v anoint_v i_o a_o king_n and_o i_o have_v employ_v the_o power_n thou_o have_v give_v i_o in_o rebel_a against_o thou_o thou_o have_v espouse_v my_o soul_n to_o thyself_o in_o perpetual_a charity_n and_o i_o have_v love_v vanity_n more_o than_o truth_n and_o prefer_v the_o creature_n before_o the_o creator_n it_o be_v now_o high_a time_n o_o my_o lord_n that_o he_o who_o have_v commit_v all_o these_o excess_n shall_v begin_v to_o lament_v they_o and_o this_o be_v what_o thou_o have_v so_o long_o expect_v of_o i_o even_o since_o thou_o have_v give_v i_o my_o life_n for_o this_o have_v thou_o so_o often_o call_v i_o so_o long_o tolerate_v i_o for_o this_o have_v thou_o sometime_o chastise_v i_o other_o time_n comfot_v i_o thy_o infinite_a 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