Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	christian_n	good_a	work_n	1,327	5	5.4021	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B12161	The thankefull Samaritane In a sermon at S. Peters in Exeter, the sixth of August, Anno 1617. Being the day of the deliuerance of that citie from the rebels, in the dayes of King Edward the Sixth. At which time the Assises was also there holden. By Iohn Comyns Master of Arts of Exeter Colledge in Oxford, and minister of Gods word at Crediton in Devon.	Comyns, John, b. 1587 or 8.	1617 (1617)	STC 5614; ESTC S114489	17,113	24

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as_o the_o poor_a apprentice_n do_v the_o servingman_n do_v fear_n and_o serve_v i_o better_o than_o his_o master_n do_v and_o the_o waiting-maide_n better_o than_o her_o mistress_n o_o let_v not_o christ_n i_o say_v once_o again_o have_v cause_n thus_o to_o speak_v and_o complain_v of_o you_o let_v not_o the_o poor_a the_o mean_a and_o the_o more_o unlearned_a people_n take_v away_o heaven_n from_o you_o and_o those_o who_o you_o scorn_v to_o have_v account_v your_o equal_n let_v it_o be_v a_o shame_n unto_o you_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v your_o superior_n in_o the_o best_a thing_n and_o that_o you_o shall_v come_v behind_o they_o in_o godliness_n yet_o one_o thing_n more_o i_o observe_v from_o this_o samaritane_n wherein_o i_o must_v be_v very_o brief_a be_v a_o worker_n of_o

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