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	lord_n	word_n	2,731	5	3.9297	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97255	The pastors advocate. Together with the peoples monitor. By R. Junius Gent. Adde this as an appendix to Gods goodnesse and Englands unthankfulnesse. Imprimatur, Tho. Gataker.; Englands unthankfulness striving with Gods goodness, for the victory. Appendix.	Younge, Richard.	1651 (1651)	Wing Y169; Thomason E1230_2; ESTC R208886	18,505	17

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