Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	body_n	breath_n	great_a	16	3	2.1033	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52810	A distinct discourse and discovery of the person and period of Antichrist wherein a diligent enquiry is made concerning the time of his rise, reign, and ruine, the answer whereunto is not peremptorily imposed, but modestly proposed / published for publick good by Christopher Ness ...	Ness, Christopher, 1621-1705.	1679 (1679)	Wing N453; ESTC R3549	114,929	254

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those_o very_a king_n which_o hold_v communion_n with_o the_o beast_n and_o after_o hate_n and_o burn_v antichrist_n rev._n 17.16_o shall_v yet_o lament_v to_o see_v the_o smoke_n of_o that_o burn_a which_o they_o themselves_o kindle_v rev._n 18.9_o which_o may_v intimate_v to_o we_o that_o cross-interest_n engage_v they_o in_o that_o burn_a of_o babylon_n more_o than_o any_o true_a repentance_n of_o their_o popish_a religion_n 189._o not_o much_o unlike_o the_o proceed_n of_o israel_n against_o benjamin_n which_o when_o they_o have_v destroy_v they_o be_v sorry_a they_o have_v go_v so_o far_o such_o cross-interest_n fall_v out_o late_o betwixt_o the_o pope_n and_o the_o king_n of_o france_n about_o some_o affront_n to_o the_o french_a ambassador_n chigi_n in_o rome_n whereupon_o the_o french_a king_n send_v a_o army_n of_o twenty_o thousand_o man_n over_o the_o alps_n against_o the_o pope_n and_o reduce_v the_o pope_n from_o his_o luciferian_a highness_n to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o 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