Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	eternal_a	glory_n	life_n	7,407	5	4.6962	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57934	A sermon preach'd at St. Mary-Le-Bow to the Societies for Reformation of Manners, June 28, 1697 / by John Russell.	Russell, John, fl. 1660.	1697 (1697)	Wing R2346; ESTC R26224	19,860	54

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a_o sermon_n preach_v at_o st._n mary-le-bow_n to_o the_o society_n for_o reformation_n of_o manner_n june_n 28._o 1697._o by_o john_n russell_n rector_n of_o st._n john_n of_o wappin_n london_n print_v by_o j._n derby_n for_o r._n mount_n at_o the_o postern_n on_o tower-hill_n 1697._o to_o the_o reader_n he_o that_o will_v look_v over_o the_o history_n of_o the_o most_o famous_a kingdom_n and_o government_n of_o the_o world_n will_v find_v that_o they_o have_v be_v raise_v and_o carry_v on_o to_o their_o most_o exalt_a height_n although_o estrange_v to_o the_o knowledge_n and_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n by_o the_o rule_n and_o practice_n of_o moral_a virtue_n and_o that_o when_o the_o babylonian_a the_o persian_a the_o grecian_a and_o roman_a monarchy_n fall_v to_o decay_v it_o be_v luxury_n and_o vice_n that_o open_v the_o door_n to_o let_v in_o that_o ruin_n which_o transplant_v the_o sceptre_n from_o one_o kingdom_n to_o another_o people_n for_o as_o long_o as_o they_o 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