Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	hear_v	lord_n	speak_v	5,099	5	4.8266	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58817	A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and citizens of London at the church of St. Mary le Bow, September the second, 1686 : being the anniversary fast for the dreadful fire in the year 1666 / by John Scott ...	Scott, John, 1639-1695.	1686 (1686)	Wing S2071; ESTC R34059	13,048	34

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geoffrey_n mayor_n martis_n seven_o die_v septemb_n 1686._o annoque_fw-la regni_fw-la regis_fw-la jacobi_n secundi_fw-la angliae_fw-la etc._n etc._n secundo_fw-la this_o court_n do_v desire_n dr_n scott_n to_o print_v his_o sermon_n preach_v at_o bow-church_n on_o thursday_n last_o the_o second_o instant_a be_v the_o day_n of_o humiliation_n for_o the_o great_a fire_n in_o london_n before_o the_o lord_n mayor_n aldermen_z and_o citizen_n of_o this_o city_n wagstaffe_n imprimatur_fw-la guil._n needham_n r._n r._n in_o christo_fw-la patri_fw-la ac_fw-la d_o no_o d_o no_o wilhelmo_n archiepisc_n cantuar._n à_fw-la sacris_fw-la dome_v exit_fw-la aedib_n lambeth_n sept._n 13._o 1686._o a_o sermon_n preach_v before_o the_o right_n honourable_a the_o lord_n mayor_n aldermen_z and_o citizens_z of_o london_n at_o the_o church_n of_o st_n mary_n le_fw-fr bow_o september_n the_o second_o 1686._o be_v the_o anniversary_n fast_o for_o the_o dreadful_a fire_n in_o the_o year_n 1666._o by_o john_n 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