Selected quad for the lemma: glory_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
glory_n	knowledge_n	light_n	shine_v	6,882	5	9.8263	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43607	Syntagma theologicum, or, A treatise wherein is concisely comprehended, the body of divinity, and the fundamentals of religion orderly discussed whereunto are added certain divine discourses, wherein are handled these following heads, viz. 1. The express character of Christ our redeemer, 2. Gloria in altissimis, or the angelical anthem, 3. The necessity of Christ's passion and resurrection, 4. The blessed ambassador, or, The best sent into the basest, 5. S. Paul's apology, 6. Holy fear, the fence of the soul, 7. Ordini quisque suo, or, The excellent order, 8. The royal remembrancer, or, Promises put in suit, 9. The watchman's watch-word, 10. Scala Jacobi, or, S. James his ladder, 11. Decus sanctorum, or, The saints dignity, 12. Warrantable separation, without breach of union / by Henry Hibbert ...	Hibbert, Henry, 1601 or 2-1678.; Hibbert, Henry, 1601 or 2-1678. Exercitationes theologiae.	1662 (1662)	Wing H1793; ESTC R2845	709,920	522

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ad_fw-la somnum_fw-la pungit_fw-la or_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o strike_v to_o which_o the_o latin_a answer_n nox_fw-la à_fw-la nocendo_fw-la some_o say_v of_o a_o hebrew_n word_n which_o signify_v to_o rest_v because_o man_n take_v their_o ease_n and_o sleep_v then_o so_o the_o psalmist_n man_n go_v forth_o unto_o his_o work_n 23._o vers_fw-la 23._o and_o to_o his_o labour_n until_o the_o evening_n it_o be_v a_o time_n of_o silence_n and_o fit_a for_o design_n so_o sing_v the_o poet_n statuunt_fw-la sub_fw-la nocte_fw-la silenti_fw-la 4._o ovid._n met._n 4._o fallere_fw-la custodes_fw-la foribúsque_fw-la excedere_fw-la tentant_fw-la the_o jew_n divide_v the_o night_n into_o four_o watch_n 13.35_o mark_v 13.35_o 1._o even_o 2._o midnight_n 3._o cock-crowing_a 4._o the_o morning_n the_o roman_n divide_v their_o night_n into_o ten_o part_n viz._n 1._o crepusculum_fw-la antiq._n godw_n antiq._n the_o dusk_n of_o the_o evening_n 2._o prima_fw-la fax_fw-la candle-tinning_a 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day_n as_o night_n be_v the_o time_n of_o the_o sun_n absence_n from_o our_o hemisphere_n so_o day_n be_v the_o time_n of_o the_o sun_n presence_n therein_o they_o both_o contain_v one_o whole_a revolution_n of_o the_o sun_n motion_n to_o the_o same_o point_n of_o the_o meridian_n in_o the_o twenty_o four_o hour_n day_n be_v natural_a artificial_a the_o former_a consist_v of_o twenty_o four_o hour_n which_o be_v measure_v most_o usual_o 3.13_o exod._n 12.29_o with_o numb_a 3.13_o from_o the_o sunrising_n to_o the_o sunrising_n or_o from_o the_o sunsetting_a to_o the_o sunsetting_a the_o latter_a be_v from_o morning_n till_o night_n which_o be_v the_o time_n of_o light_n measure_v out_o to_o twelve_o hour_n which_o be_v not_o more_o nor_o few_o but_o long_o or_o short_a according_a to_o the_o different_a proportion_n of_o the_o day_n in_o summer_n and_o winter_n which_o be_v measure_v from_o the_o sunrising_n to_o the_o sunsetting_a 20._o joh._n 11.9_o mat._n 20._o which_o division_n 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