Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	day_n	private_a	public_a	3,325	5	6.8500	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80080	Gods unusuall answer to a solemne fast. Or, some observations upon the late sad successe in the west, upon the day immediately following our publique humiliation; in a sermon before the Honourable Houses of Parliament, on a fast specially set apart upon that occasion; in Margarets Westminster, Sept. 12. Anno MDCXLIV. By Th: Coleman, Preacher at Peters Cornhill London, a member of the present Assembly.	Coleman, Thomas, 1598-1647.	1644 (1644)	Wing C5051; Thomason E16_2; ESTC R17560	16,713	36

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belong_v to_o god_n not_o to_o you_o have_v a_o eye_n to_o your_o own_o your_o affection_n your_o aim_n your_o manner_n of_o manage_v refer_v the_o rest_n to_o he_o to_o who_o it_o belong_v trust_v you_o in_o god_n when_o the_o wicked_a bend_v their_o bow_n hold_v your_o peace_n from_o any_o sinful_a distrustful_a passage_n and_o then_o for_o the_o event_n let_v come_v on_o we_o what_o will_n job_n 13._o 13._o 2._o from_o shun_v danger_n by_o false_a way_n let_v no_o man_n judgement_n fail_v he_o there_o be_v no_o safety_n in_o falsehood_n a_o compliance_n be_v odious_a to_o all_o a_o castle_n be_v a_o refuge_n for_o a_o day_n or_o so_o flight_n prolong_v the_o misery_n sinful_o then_o to_o betray_v the_o cause_n or_o trust_v repose_v in_o we_o be_v to_o run_v into_o the_o danger_n we_o will_v avoid_v remember_v sampson_n wife_n and_o father_n in_o law_n the_o philistines_n threaten_v to_o burn_v they_o nothing_o but_o a_o treacherous_a betray_n of_o samson_n can_v prevent_v it_o 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