Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	child_n	parent_n	prove_v	1,183	5	6.7136	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60406	A Christian's work and time of working In a sermon preached on the death of Mr. John Sorrel the younger, of Hyde-Hall in Great Waltham in the county of Essex. By Benjamin Smith, vicar there.	Smith, Benjamin, 1642 or 3-1714.	1675 (1675)	Wing S4021A; ESTC R220555	39,208	48

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therefore_o we_o have_v he_o in_o the_o prophet_n expostulate_v with_o his_o people_n who_o be_v high_o injurious_a towards_o man_n and_o yet_o pretend_v to_o be_v extreme_o religious_a towards_o god_n they_o even_o cloy_v he_o with_o the_o fat_a of_o their_o feed_a beast_n and_o even_o darken_a heaven_n with_o the_o cloud_n of_o incense_n they_o observe_v exact_o their_o new_a moon_n and_o feast_n their_o sabbath_n and_o solemn_a assembly_n but_o withal_o practise_v injustice_n and_o rapine_n and_o violence_n and_o their_o hand_n be_v full_a of_o blood_n they_o have_v no_o pity_n to_o the_o poor_a nor_o mercy_n to_o the_o widow_n nor_o regard_n to_o the_o fatherless_a child_n god_n therefore_o declare_v his_o dislike_n of_o their_o religious_a service_n because_o of_o their_o defect_n in_o these_o moral_a duty_n and_o call_v they_o first_o to_o the_o practice_n of_o they_o and_o then_o promise_v to_o hear_v and_o accept_v they_o in_o the_o other_o let_v we_o rea●●_n and_o weigh_v 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