Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	command_v	law_n	moral_a	2,108	5	9.1759	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11627	The course of conformitie as it hath proceeded, is concluded, should be refused.	Scott, William, ca. 1566-1642.; Calderwood, David, 1575-1650, attributed name.; Melville, James, 1556-1614, attributed name.	1622 (1622)	STC 21874; ESTC S120840	184,517	202

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application_n of_o the_o first_o determination_n circumstan●ae_fw-la vel_fw-la accidentia_fw-la fixitanti_fw-la momenti_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la penes_fw-la illa_fw-la peccatum_fw-la judicetur_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la agitur_fw-la pet._n martyr_n lo●_n com._n p._n 347._o humani_fw-la actus_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la ex_fw-la ●_z verum_fw-la ex_fw-la circumstantus_fw-la boni_fw-la vel_fw-la mali_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la thom._n 2.2_o qu._n 18._o art_n 3._o quando_fw-la circumstantia_fw-la res●●icit_fw-la ordinem_fw-la actionis_fw-la pro_fw-la vel_fw-la contra_fw-la ex_fw-la tali_fw-la circumstantia_fw-la censt●uitur_fw-la allqua_fw-la species_n mora_fw-la be_v actus_fw-la in_o bonitate_fw-la vel_fw-la ma●itia_fw-la ibid._n art_n 10._o ipsae_fw-la circumstantiae_fw-la interdum_fw-la constituunt_fw-la rerum_fw-la earum_fw-la quae_fw-la aguntur_fw-la speciem_fw-la ex_fw-la qua_fw-la res_fw-la sive_fw-la actiones_fw-la nostrae_fw-la di●u●tur_fw-la bonae_fw-la aut_fw-la malae_fw-la nam_fw-la quae_fw-la u●s_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la &_o per●_n bonae_fw-la sunt_fw-la eae_fw-la inter●un_fw-la malae_fw-la fiunt_fw-la circumstantus_fw-la est_fw-la tempus_fw-la quo_fw-la res_fw-la bona_fw-la aut_fw-la indifferens_fw-la redditur_fw-la mala_fw-la quia_fw-la intempe●tiva_fw-la est_fw-la similiter_fw-la de_fw-la lo●o_fw-la &_o instrumentis_fw-la junius_n de_fw-mi p●●t_v m●ssis_fw-la c._n 7._o thess_n 34._o for_o that_o end_n i_o give_v you_o two_o observation_n without_o which_o it_o can_v never_o be_v sound_a one_o be_v that_o the_o accident_n or_o circumstance_n of_o a_o moral_a or_o spiritual_a action_n be_v of_o the_o same_o essence_n and_o substance_n thereof_o the_o squar_a conformitant_n shall_v either_o prove_v a_o praecisian_n here_o in_o stand_v upon_o circumstance_n or_o else_o quit_v his_o conformity_n with_o the_o law_n of_o god_n the_o circumstance_n of_o person_n will_v make_v fornication_n adultery_n incest_n the_o circumstance_n of_o place_n sacrilege_n of_o time_n 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