Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	faith_n	scripture_n	spirit_n	3,116	5	6.3634	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75493	An apologetick for the sequestred clergie of the Church of England. Disclaiming and detesting the late unnatural, presumptuous, unparallel'd and antichristian proceedings, against the honor and life of the best of Kings, our most dear and dread sovereign Lord and King, St Charls the martyr. / Communicated in a letter to a religious and loial gentleman, his honored friend.		1649 (1649)	Wing A3537; Thomason E554_7; ESTC R205760	14,269	25

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enim_fw-la omnibus_fw-la major_a est_fw-la dum_fw-la solo_fw-la vero_fw-la deo_fw-la minor_fw-la est_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o ipsis_fw-la diis_fw-la major_a est_fw-la dum_fw-la &_o ipsi_fw-la in_o potestate_fw-la sunt_fw-la ejus_fw-la itaque_fw-la &_o sacrificamus_fw-la pro_fw-la salute_v imperatoris_fw-la sed_fw-la deo_fw-la nostro_fw-la &_o ipsius_fw-la sed_fw-la quomodo_fw-la praecepit_fw-la deus_fw-la purâ_fw-la prece_fw-la ad_fw-la scapulam_fw-la parag_v 2._o nos_fw-la pro_fw-la salute_v imperatoris_fw-la deum_fw-la invocamus_fw-la aeternum_fw-la deum_fw-la verum_fw-la deum_fw-la vivum_fw-la quem_fw-la &_o ipsi_fw-la imperatores_fw-la propitium_fw-la sibi_fw-la praeter_fw-la caeteros_fw-la malunt_fw-la sciunt_fw-la quis_fw-la illis_fw-la dederit_fw-la imperium_fw-la sciunt_fw-la quâ_fw-la homines_fw-la quis_fw-la &_o animam_fw-la sentiunt_fw-la eum_fw-la esse_fw-la deum_fw-la solum_fw-la in_fw-la cujus_fw-la solius_fw-la potestate_fw-la sunt_fw-la à_fw-la quo_fw-la sunt_fw-la secundi_fw-la post_fw-la quem_fw-la primi_fw-la ante_fw-la omnes_fw-la &_o super_fw-la omnes_fw-la deos._n illius_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la cujus_fw-la &_o coelum_fw-la &_o omnis_fw-la creatura_fw-la indè_fw-la est_fw-la imperator_fw-la unde_fw-la &_o homo_fw-la antè_fw-la quàm_fw-la imperator_fw-la indè_fw-la potestas_fw-la illi_fw-la unde_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la illuc_fw-la suspicientes_fw-la christiani_n manibus_fw-la expansis_fw-la quia_fw-la innocuis_fw-la capite_fw-la nudo_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la erubescimus_fw-la denique_fw-la sine_fw-la monitore_fw-la quia_fw-la de_fw-la pectore_fw-la oramus_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la imperatoribus_fw-la vitam_fw-la illis_fw-la prolixam_fw-la imperium_fw-la securum_fw-la domum_fw-la tutam_fw-la exercitus_fw-la fortes_fw-la senatum_fw-la fidelem_fw-la populum_fw-la probum_fw-la orbem_fw-la quietum_fw-la &_o quaecunque_fw-la hominis_fw-la &_o caesaris_fw-la vota_fw-la sunt_fw-la hoc_fw-la agite_fw-la boni_fw-la praesides_fw-la extorquete_fw-la animam_fw-la deo_fw-la supplicantem_fw-la pro_fw-la imperatore_n apol._n parag_v 30._o finis_fw-la