Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	minister_n	people_n	word_n	2,669	5	4.3315	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03311	Truths purchase: or A commoditie, which no man may either neglect to buie, or dare to sell laid forth in two sermons vpon Prov.23.23. by Samuel Hieron minister of the word, at Modburie in Deuon. Very necessary for the times, in which so few seeke after the truth, and so many fall away from the profession and practise of the truth.	Hieron, Samuel, 1576?-1617.	1606 (1606)	STC 13429; ESTC S116033	42,058	86

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lord_n lord_n we_o have_v prophesy_v in_o thy_o name_n let_v we_o which_o be_v preacher_n consider_v it_o yet_o christ_n shall_v say_v unto_o they_o 7.22_o matth._n 7.22_o depart_v from_o i_o you_o that_o work_v iniquity_n here_o be_v knowledge_n 13.17_o joh._n 13.17_o and_o yet_o no_o salvation_n if_o you_o know_v these_o thing_n say_v christ_n else_o where_o bless_v be_v you_o if_o you_o do_v they_o it_o be_v the_o obedience_n which_o make_v up_o the_o happiness_n to_o every_o one_o that_o be_v thirsty_a come_v buy_v and_o what_o then_o eat_v to_o the_o have_v be_v nothing_o without_o the_o use_n place_n of_o scripture_n of_o this_o nature_n be_v infinite_a all_o which_o do_v confirm_v thus_o much_o that_o the_o purchaser_n of_o the_o truth_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v like_a the_o rich_a but_o yet_o miserable_a purchaser_n of_o the_o world_n who_o when_o they_o have_v get_v much_o into_o their_o hand_n yet_o go_v as_o near_o the_o wind_n fare_v as_o hardly_o toil_v as_o painful_o 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