Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	call_v	law_n	moral_a	1,184	5	9.0839	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26964	The nonconformists advocate, or, A farther account of their judgment in certain things in which they are misunderstood written principally in vindication of A letter from a minister to a person of quality, shewing some reasons for his nonconformity, modesty answering the exceptions of two violent opposers of the said reasons.	Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1680 (1680)	Wing B1318; ESTC R1328	72,144	90

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of_o add_v sign_n to_o sign_n and_o ceremony_n to_o ceremony_n in_o so_o do_v we_o bold_o set_v threshold_n against_o threshold_n and_o proud_o usurp_v no_o less_o than_o the_o place_n and_o dictatorship_n of_o god_n himself_o this_o likewise_o more_o than_o faint_o and_o covert_o speak_v the_o baptism_n of_o water_n to_o be_v lame_a and_o want_v of_o itself_o alone_o which_o i_o have_v the_o courage_n to_o speak_v out_o in_o the_o hear_n of_o all_o 10._o according_a to_o your_o command_n yea_o i_o promise_v you_o if_o you_o will_v be_v at_o the_o charge_n to_o procure_v i_o one_o of_o sir_n samuel_n moreland_n stentorean_a tube_n i_o will_v take_v the_o pain_n to_o go_v up_o to_o the_o monument_n and_o at_o the_o top_n of_o it_o i_o will_v trumpet_v it_o out_o as_o a_o truth_n all_o over_o the_o city_n and_o if_o i_o can_v i_o will_v cause_v it_o to_o ring_n and_o echo_v from_o one_o end_n of_o the_o nation_n to_o another_o why_o else_o be_v this_o dedicate_a sign_n of_o the_o cross_n 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