Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	lord_n	speak_v	word_n	2,485	5	4.1582	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49759	Two funeral sermons of the use and happiness of humane bodies Preached on I Corinth. vi. 13. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. With a brief account of the life and death of Mr. G. Lorimer, merchant; upon the occasion of whose death the second sermon was preacht. By Edward Lawrence, M.A. minister of the Gospel.	Lawrence, Edward, 1623-1695.	1690 (1690)	Wing L655; ESTC R216653	22,474	88

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your_o father_n good_a pleasure_n to_o give_v you_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o therefore_o shall_v not_o want_v what_o be_v good_a for_o you_o in_o your_o way_n thither_o 2._o comfort_n against_o all_o the_o enemy_n of_o your_o body_n we_o have_v more_o for_o the_o body_n than_o can_v be_v against_o it_o for_o the_o lord_n be_v for_o the_o body_n and_o if_o god_n be_v for_o we_o who_o can_v be_v against_o we_o rom._n 8.21_o and_o on_o this_o account_n fear_v not_o they_o that_o can_v kill_v the_o body_n for_o if_o the_o lord_n be_v for_o the_o body_n fear_v not_o all_o that_o wicked_a man_n can_v do_v to_o the_o body_n let_v they_o spoil_v we_o impoverish_v we_o imprison_v kill_v we_o yet_o they_o do_v but_o fulfil_v the_o counsel_n of_o the_o lord_n for_o the_o body_n for_o as_o long_o as_o the_o lord_n be_v for_o the_o body_n thing_n that_o be_v seem_o against_o the_o body_n be_v indeed_o for_o the_o body_n for_o the_o lord_n rule_v all_o and_o turn_v it_o to_o the_o 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there_o be_v milk_n in_o the_o mother_n breast_n for_o the_o child_n but_o the_o child_n must_v suck_v and_o draw_v it_o out_o of_o the_o breast_n into_o his_o own_o body_n so_o we_o must_v by_o faith_n and_o prayer_n suck_v and_o draw_v out_o mercy_n from_o the_o lord_n both_o for_o soul_n and_o body_n 3._o live_v as_o those_o who_o look_v for_o the_o lord_n jesus_n to_o show_v himself_o for_o the_o body_n to_o make_v the_o body_n complete_o bless_v and_o happy_a rom._n 8.28_o we_o groan_v within_o ourselves_o etc._n etc._n observe_v we_o groan_v within_o ourselves_o viz._n in_o the_o