Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	act_n	parliament_n	peace_n	2,561	5	6.0915	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43681	The spirit of popery speaking out of the mouths of phanatical-Protestants, or, The last speeches of Mr. John Kid and Mr. John King, two Presbyterian ministers, who were executed for high-treason and rebellion at Edinburgh, August the 14th, 1679 with animadversions, and the history of the Archbishop of St. Andrews his murder, extracted out of the registers of the Privy-Council, &c. / by an orthodox Protestant.	Hickes, George, 1642-1715.; Kid, John, d. 1679.; King, John, d. 1679.	1680 (1680)	Wing H1874; ESTC R6348	165,592	93

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jesus_n etc._n etc._n contre_fw-fr l'_fw-fr arrest_n de_fw-fr parliament_n donnè_fw-la contre_fw-fr eux_fw-fr a_fw-fr paris_n le_fw-fr 29_o decembre_v 1594._o 'las_o 1595._o it_o consist_v of_o 5_o part_n and_z the_o 11_o ch_z of_o the_o three_o bear_v this_o title_n l'acte_fw-la ne_fw-fr laisse_fw-fr d'_fw-fr estre_fw-fr heroic_a quoy_fw-fr que_fw-fr l'entreprise_n ne_fw-fr vienne_fw-fr à_fw-fr chef_fw-fr jus_fw-la populi_fw-la vindicatum_fw-la and_o naphtali_n be_v the_o pocketbook_n of_o the_o field-conventiclers_a and_o the_o common_a people_n read_v the_o latter_a especial_o as_o much_o as_o the_o bible_n or_o asmuch_o as_o the_o common_a people_n of_o the_o church-communion_n read_v former_o the_o practice_n of_o piety_n or_o now_o the_o whole_a duty_n of_o man_n i_o know_v a_o scottish_a gentleman_n a_o officer_n who_o meet_v with_o a_o single_a country-fellow_n go_v to_o a_o conventicle_n examine_v and_o search_v he_o and_o in_o one_o of_o his_o pocket_n find_v naphtali_n and_o 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