Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	bring_v	great_a	time_n	2,743	5	3.1017	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88148	A sermon preached before the Honorable House of Commons: at Margarets Westminster, upon the 26. day of August 1645. being the day of their solemne monethly fast. / By John Lightfoot, a member of the Assembly of Divines.	Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675.	1645 (1645)	Wing L2068; Thomason E298_14; ESTC R200237	25,560	36

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consultation_n with_o all_o prosperity_n and_o success_n septemb._n 12._o 1645._o your_o servant_n in_o the_o lord_n john_n lightfoot_n a_o sermon_n preach_v to_o the_o honourable_a house_n of_o commons_o at_o their_o monthly_a fast_n august_n 27._o 1645._o rev._n chap._n 20._o verse_n 1_o 2._o and_o i_o see_v a_o angel_n come_v down_o from_o heaven_n have_v the_o key_n of_o the_o bottomless_a pit_n and_o a_o great_a chain_n in_o his_o hand_n and_o be_v lay_v hold_n on_o the_o dragon_n that_o old_a serpent_n which_o be_v the_o devil_n and_o satan_n and_o bind_v he_o for_o a_o thousand_o year_n now_o i_o will_v this_o angel_n will_v bow_v the_o heaven_n and_o come_v down_o and_o bring_v his_o chain_n with_o he_o and_o bind_v the_o devil_n now_o for_o never_o be_v there_o more_o need_n never_o be_v it_o more_o time_n for_o if_o ever_o he_o be_v loose_a he_o be_v loose_a in_o these_o time_n and_o if_o ever_o he_o rage_v he_o rage_v in_o this_o nation_n alas_o for_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o 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