Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	church_n	earth_n	triumphant_a	4,427	5	11.4398	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69044	A sermon necessarie for these times shewing the nature of conscience, with the corruptions thereof, and the repairs or means to inform it with right knowledge, and stirre it up to upright practise, and how to get and keep a good conscience. To which is adjoyned a necessarie, brief, and pithy treatise af [sic] the ceremonies of the Church of England. By Anthony Cade Batch. of Divinitie.	Cade, Anthony, 1564?-1641.	1639 (1639)	STC 4330; ESTC S107399	57,371	130

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26.39_o 42_o 44._o pray_v three_o several_a time_n say_v the_o same_o word_n and_o saint_n mark_n have_v the_o like_a mark_v 14.39_o beside_o the_o lord_n prayer_n which_o our_o saviour_n himself_o prescribe_v to_o his_o apostle_n luke_n 11.2_o when_o you_o pray_v say_v our_o father_n etc._n etc._n which_o prayer_n they_o use_v in_o the_o administration_n of_o our_o lord_n supper_n as_o saint_n hierom_n witness_v lib._n 3._o contra_fw-la pelagianos_fw-la and_o gregor_n lib._n 7._o epist_n 63._o and_o it_o be_v use_v general_o in_o all_o liturgy_n or_o public_a prayer_n as_o be_v manifest_a by_o s._n augustine_n epist_n 59_o by_o saint_n hierom_n and_o gregory_n in_o the_o place_n above_o cite_v and_o saint_n ambrose_n lib._n 5._o de_fw-fr sacr._n cap._n 4._o and_o saint_n cyrill_n catech._n 5._o mist_n if_o any_o object_n that_o prayer_n shall_v be_v vary_v according_a to_o the_o variety_n of_o occasion_n let_v he_o consider_v that_o these_o former_o mention_v be_v so_o &_o so_o be_v 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