Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	apostle_n	church_n	word_n	1,664	5	4.2322	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57068	The tabernacle of God with men, or, The visible church reformed a discourse of the matter and discipline of the visible church, tending to reformation / by Richard Resbury ...	Resbury, Richard, 1607-1674.	1649 (1649)	Wing R1136A; ESTC R32282	56,135	82

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solemn_a covenant_n for_o seek_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o their_o father_n with_o all_o their_o heart_n and_o all_o their_o soul_n and_o to_o perform_v it_o under_o penalty_n of_o death_n whether_o great_a or_o small_a whether_o man_n or_o woman_n chron._n 2.15_o 12_o 13._o now_o have_v the_o judicial_a law_n be_v execute_v according_a to_o divine_a rule_n partly_o so_o many_o wicked_a one_o have_v be_v coct_v off_o and_o partly_o the_o rest_n have_v be_v so_o formidable_o warn_v that_o here_o have_v be_v a_o great_a prevention_n of_o that_o mixture_n in_o their_o church-communion_n 3._o ecclesiastical_a ezek._n 22.26_o difference_n to_o be_v make_v by_o ecclesiastical_a power_n as_o well_o betwixt_o the_o holy_a and_o profane_a and_o those_o be_v moral_a term_n as_o betwixt_o the_o clean_a and_o unclean_a which_o be_v ceremonial_a term_n a_o general_a rule_n for_o this_o understand_v by_o the_o learned_a of_o ecclesiastical_a cut_n off_o numb_a 15.30_o 31._o the_o stranger_n there_o 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