Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	cease_v	pray_v	prayer_n	1,404	5	7.1493	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61206	Satana noēmata, or, The wiles of Satan in a discourse upon 2 Cor. 2. 11 / by William Spurstow ...	Spurstowe, William, 1605?-1666.	1666 (1666)	Wing S5096; ESTC R22598	68,825	114

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remember_v christ_n be_v able_a to_o succour_v he_o have_v a_o ability_n of_o sufficiency_n and_o a_o ability_n that_o arise_v from_o experience_n sect_n iv_o the_o foutrh_n antidote_n be_v to_o be_v abundant_a in_o the_o use_n of_o prayer_n as_o faith_n be_v the_o best_a of_o grace_n in_o resist_a satan_n so_o prayer_n be_v the_o best_a of_o duty_n the_o neglect_n of_o prayer_n be_v the_o beginning_n of_o saul_n fall_n as_o most_o of_o the_o father_n interpret_v that_o place_n 1_o sam._n 14._o 19_o when_o saul_n command_v the_o priest_n to_o withdraw_v his_o hand_n from_o the_o ark._n they_o say_v of_o the_o palm_n tree_n that_o all_o its_o strength_n lie_v on_o the_o top_n it_o be_v true_a of_o a_o christian_a all_o his_o strength_n lie_v above_o there_o be_v a_o threefold_a use_n of_o prayer_n 1._o as_o a_o duty_n for_o prayer_n be_v a_o offering_n the_o prophet_n compare_v it_o to_o incense_n psal_n 141._o a_o sacrifice_n be_v but_o a_o visible_a prayer_n and_o prayer_n be_v 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