Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	pray_v	prayer_n	spirit_n	4,656	5	5.8534	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82002	A sober and temperate discourse, concerning the interest of words in prayer, the just antiquity and pedigree of liturgies, or forms of prayer in churches : with a view of the state of the church, when they were first composed, or imposed. Together with a discovery of the weakness of the grounds upon which they were first brought in, or upon which Bishop Gawden hath lately discoursed, the necessity of a liturgie, or the inconveniency of altering the English liturgie, the utility of church musick, and the lawfulness of ceremonies : in which are mixed reasons justifying those godly ministers, who forbear the use of the Common-prayer, against the late out-cryes of the said bishop. / By H.D. M.A.	H. D. (Henry Dawbeny); Collinges, John, 1623-1690, attributed name.	1661 (1661)	Wing D449; Thomason E1086_14; ESTC R208152	100,305	119

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you_o be_v thereunto_o call_v that_o you_o shall_v inherit_v a_o blessing_n london_n print_v for_o w.a._n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v at_o the_o royal_a exchange_n &_o in_o paul_n church_n yard_n 1661._o he_o who_o have_v report_v to_o master_n williams_n whittingham_n gilby_n and_o other_o that_o cranmer_n bishop_n of_o canterbury_n have_v draw_v up_o a_o book_n of_o prayer_n a_o hundred_o time_n more_o perfect_a than_o ●his_v that_o we_o now_o have_v the_o same_o can_v not_o take_v place_n for_o that_o he_o be_v match_v with_o such_o a_o wicked_a clergy_n and_o convocation_n with_o other_o enemy_n even_o he_o i_o say_v stand_v in_o this_o that_o master_n bullinger_n do_v like_o well_o of_o the_o english_a order_n and_o have_v it_o in_o his_o study_n but_o when_o whittingham_n have_v demand_v that_o question_n bullinger_n tell_v he_o that_o indeed_o master_n h._n and_o master_n c._n ask_v his_o judgement_n concern_v certain_a point_n of_o that_o book_n as_o surplice_n private_a 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reveal_v will_n that_o in_o such_o public_a devotion_n some_o particular_a person_n shall_v be_v the_o mouth_n of_o the_o rest_n unto_o he_o who_o prayer_n according_a to_o divine_a institution_n be_v make_v the_o common_a performance_n of_o the_o whole_a society_n whether_o it_o be_v that_o of_o a_o whole_a family_n or_o that_o of_o a_o great_a or_o lesser_a congregation_n by_o their_o concurrence_n in_o spirit_n with_o he_o that_o speak_v and_o their_o rational_a and_o fiducial_a assent_n to_o what_o he_o speak_v as_o well_o on_o they_o as_o his_o own_o behalf_n now_o there_o be_v no_o other_o ordinary_a way_n of_o correspondence_n which_o god_n have_v allow_v rational_a soul_n each_o with_o other_o in_o their_o unite_a estate_n but_o by_o the_o tongue_n of_o man_n animate_v by_o the_o soul_n to_o that_o very_a purpose_n that_o they_o may_v be_v their_o interpreter_n it_o be_v impossible_a that_o public_a prayer_n shall_v be_v perform_v without_o word_n and_o those_o both_o audible_o 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