Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	kingdom_n	righteousness_n	scribe_n	3,366	5	11.3349	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70779	A treatise of oaths containing several weighty reasons why the people call'd Qvakers refuse to swear : and those confirmed by numerous testimonies out of Gentiles, Jews and Christians, both fathers, doctors and martyrs : presented to the King and great council of England, assembled in Parliament.	Penn, William, 1644-1718.; Richardson, Richard, 1623?-1689.; Parker, Alexander, 1628-1689.; Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.	1675 (1675)	Wing P1388; ESTC R17219	94,426	174

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capitan_n w._n woodford_n de_fw-fr success_n l._n 6._o ban._n anno_fw-la 1310._o n._n 3._o j._n fox_n mart._n v._n 1._o p._n 527._o man_n honour_v by_o protestant_n j._n fox_n mart._n v._n 1._o p._n 554_o to_o 558._o geff._n chauc_v work_n fol._n 86._o j._n fox_n mart._n v._n 1._o p._n 614_o 618._o j._n fox_n mart._n v._n 1._o p._n 623_o 359._o j._n fox_n mart._n v._n 1._o p._n 687._o 687._o if_o they_o can_v not_o it_o be_v then_o hold_v none_o can_v so_o that_o then_o it_o be_v deny_v all_o tender_v ibid._n p._n 701_o 702._o j._n fox_n mart._n v._n 3._o p._n 910_o 911._o spot_n hist_o pag._n 61._o w.c._n albrid_n p._n 193_o 194_o 195._o morl._n hist_o p._n 217_o 218._o j._n fox_n mart._n v._n 2._o p._n 420._o comm._n on_o mat._n 5._o erasm_n here_o plain_o forbid_v all_o swear_v on_o any_o account_n comm._n on_o jam._n 5._o than_o not_o by_o god_n for_o the_o common_a people_n esteem_v he_o sacred_a gloss_n on_o mat._n 5._o p._n 22._o on_o mat._n 5._o fol._n 18._o comm._n on_o mat._n 5._o on_o 1_o king_n 12._o n._n 3._o ii_o on_o mat._n 5._o p._n 23_o 24._o de_fw-fr quaest_n jur_fw-fr christ_n p._n 306._o pag._n 227._o hom._n 18._o in_o cant._n pag._n 276._o const_n 6._o &_o 11._o comm._n on_o 1_o tim._n 1._o pag._n 210._o lindenbrog_n cod._n l●g_v antiquar_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n on_o mat._n 5._o &_o de_fw-fr jur._n bell._n ac_fw-la pac._n p._n 2._o c._n 26._o ad_fw-la 47._o de_fw-fr juram_fw-la praelect_v 5._o viz._n all_o their_o reverent_a father_n in_o god_n arch-bishop_n bishop_n dean_n and_o the●_n judge_n of_o the_o land_n justice_n of_o the_o peace_n and_o all_o officer_n term_v ecclesiastical_a or_o civil_a judge_n priests_z and_o people_z no_z christian_n else_o will_v they_o suffer_v christ_n doctrine_n to_o be_v obey_v who_o not_o only_o enforce_v oath_n on_o stranger_n but_o have_v the_o like_a d●ffidence_n one_o father_n in_o god_n of_o another_o one_o judge_n and_o justice_n of_o another_o impose_v they_o on_o their_o brethren_n and_o father_n 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