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

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09868	A sermon preached at the consecration of the right Reverend Father in God Barnaby Potter DD. and L. Bishop of Carlisle, at Ely house in Holbourne March 15. 1628. By Christopher Potter D.D. provost of Queenes Colledge in Oxford. Hereunto is added an advertisement touching the history of the quarrels of Pope Paul 5 with the Venetians; penned in Italian by F. Paul, and done into English by the former author	Potter, Christopher, 1591-1646.; Sarpi, Paolo, 1552-1623. Historia particolare delle cose passate tra'l sommo pontefice Paolo V. e la serenissima republica di Venetia. English. Selections.	1629 (1629)	STC 20134; ESTC S114961	32,999	132

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the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o dignity_n not_o the_o duty_n which_o they_o affect_v some_o too_o many_o pretend_v to_o be_v physician_n of_o the_o soul_n intend_v indeed_o to_o cure_v their_o own_o poverty_n or_o necessity_n as_o if_o the_o church_n shall_v be_v a_o refuge_n for_o needy_a person_n or_o a_o sanctuary_n for_o malefactor_n many_o that_o can_v thrive_v in_o any_o other_o course_n of_o life_n when_o they_o be_v drive_v to_o their_o last_o hope_n and_o extremity_n at_o last_o shift_v themselves_o into_o the_o coat_n and_o call_n of_o minister_n and_o he_o that_o know_v himself_o unfit_a in_o any_o other_o employment_n to_o serve_v man_n yet_o think_v himself_o fit_a enough_o to_o serve_v god_n in_o this_o sacred_a call_n all_o these_o intruder_n and_o mercenary_n shall_v be_v sure_a to_o fail_v of_o their_o hope_n and_o shall_v one_o day_n receive_v other_o kind_n of_o wage_n than_o they_o do_v expect_v now_o beside_o this_o inward_a call_n which_o serve_v only_o 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