Selected quad for the lemma: grace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	jesus_n	lord_n	mercy_n	11,677	5	6.1245	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85833	An exhortation to peace: with an intimation of the prime enemies thereof, lately delivered in a sermon, and newly published with some small addition, by Lionell Gatford, B.D. rector of Dinnington in Suffolke, now a prisoner in Ely-house in Holborne.	Gatford, Lionel, d. 1665.	1643 (1643)	Wing G333; Thomason E94_1; ESTC R2004	27,384	44

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lord_n and_o your_o daily_a orator_n lionel_n gatford_n ely-house_n feb._n 1642._o text._n psal._n 122._o vers_fw-la 6._o pray_v for_o the_o peace_n of_o jerusalem_n they_o shall_v prosper_v that_o love_n thou_o the_o scripture_n say_v saint_n paul_n be_v able_a to_o make_v a_o man_n wise_a unto_o salvation_n 2_o tim._n 3.15_o libre_fw-la psalmorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o book_n of_o psalm_n say_v saint_n augustine_n comprehend_v in_o it_o as_o in_o a_o epitome_n or_o abstract_n whatsoever_o necessary_a thing_n all_o other_o book_n of_o scripture_n contain_v at_o large_a now_o among_o the_o psalm_n the_o psalm_n of_o degree_n be_v by_o many_o account_v psalm_n of_o some_o degree_n of_o excellency_n above_o other_o psame_n and_o among_o the_o psame_n of_o degree_n if_o there_o may_v be_v comparatio_fw-la gradus_fw-la ad_fw-la gradum_fw-la a_o compare_v of_o a_o degree_n with_o a_o degree_n where_o each_o psalm_n be_v in_o its_o degree_n so_o admirable_a this_o psalm_n of_o degree_n 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