Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	good_a	king_n	prince_n	1,951	5	5.5530	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94058	A sermon preached at a visitation held at Lin in Norfolk, June the 24th anno 1633. Being an admonition to the clergy to remember and keep those severall oaths, promises, and subscriptions, which they solemnly have made at the taking of their degrees, their ordinations, and institutions to their benefices. By William Strode D.D.	Strode, William, 1600 or 1601-1645.	1660 (1660)	Wing S5986; Thomason E1035_8; ESTC R203693	17,644	32

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thou_o shall_v keep_v as_o thou_o hast-vowed_a it_o willing_o unto_o the_o lord_n deut._n 23._o 23._o thou_o that_o at_o once_o use_v and_o confute_v the_o church_n ceremony_n with_o froward_a sign_n and_o unseemly_a token_n with_o a_o screw_a face_n and_o a_o warp_a shoulder_n do_v thou_o think_v that_o thou_o have_v perform_v thy_o vow_n no_o not_o the_o law_n thy_o faith_n to_o god_n no_o not_o thy_o obedience_n to_o man_n but_o god_n require_v more_o yet_o diligence_n in_o performance_n when_o thou_o vow_v a_o vow_n to_o the_o lord_n thou_o shall_v not_o be_v slack_a to_o pay_v it_o deut._n 23._o 21._o he_o that_o search_v not_o beforehand_o the_o rubric_n and_o rule_n of_o the_o church_n to_o know_v his_o duty_n he_o that_o afterward_o conform_v in_o judgement_n only_o not_o in_o practice_n or_o in_o practice_n not_o yet_o or_o not_o at_o all_o time_n not_o without_o omission_n and_o intermission_n not_o without_o complain_v and_o cite_v not_o without_o suspension_n deprivation_n 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