Selected quad for the lemma: king_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
king_n	aaron_n	ahab_n	prophet_n	48	3	5.8391	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09809	The liues of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the Elder, and of Octauius Cæsar Augustus: collected out of good authors. Also the liues of nine excellent chieftaines of warre, taken out of Latine from Emylius Probus, by S.G. S. By whom also are added the liues of Plutarch and of Seneca: gathered together, disposed, and enriched as the others. And now translated into English by Sir Thomas North Knight	Nepos, Cornelius. Vitae excellentium imperatorum. English. Selections.; Goulart, Simon, 1543-1628.; North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?	1602 (1602)	STC 20071; ESTC S111836	1,193,680	142

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term_n because_o his_o own_o work_n be_v evil_a and_o his_o brother_n righteous_a and_o thereupon_o he_o ground_n this_o inference_n marvel_v not_o my_o brethren_n if_o the_o world_n hate_v you_o 22._o non_fw-la enim_fw-la mirum_fw-la est_fw-la write_v salvian_n nunc_fw-la sanctos_fw-la homines_fw-la quaedam_fw-la aspera_fw-la pati_fw-la cum_fw-la videamus_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la etiam_fw-la per_fw-la maximum_fw-la nefas_fw-la primum_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la sivit_fw-la occidi_fw-la look_v we_o upon_o holy_a king_n david_n we_o shall_v find_v he_o thus_o complain_v psal._n 38.19_o 20._o they_o that_o hate_v i_o wrongful_o be_v multiply_v they_o also_o that_o render_v i_o evil_a for_o good_a be_v my_o adversary_n pray_v mark_v the_o only_a reason_n because_o i_o follow_v the_o thing_n that_o good_a be_v the_o prophet_n isaiah_n complain_v thus_o of_o his_o time_n isaiah_n 59.14_o 15._o judgement_n be_v turn_v away_o backward_o and_o justice_n stand_v afar_o off_o for_o truth_n be_v 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ostendunt_fw-la if_o we_o look_v upon_o large_a christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n we_o shall_v find_v they_o hate_v persecute_a slander_v revile_v with_o opprobrious_a name_n and_o obloquy_n 10._o be_v make_v as_o the_o very_a filth_n of_o the_o world_n and_o as_o the_o offscouring_n of_o all_o thing_n unto_o this_o day_n yea_o we_o shall_v see_v they_o martyr_v and_o put_v to_o death_n for_o no_o other_o cause_n at_o all_o 9_o but_o only_o for_o their_o grace_n their_o holiness_n their_o transcendent_a goodness_n and_o their_o opposition_n to_o the_o sin_n and_o error_n of_o the_o time_n as_o i_o have_v 3●_n elsewhere_o ample_o discourse_v if_o we_o behold_v the_o primitive_a christian_n but_o a_o while_n we_o shall_v discover_v no_o other_o cause_n of_o their_o hatred_n and_o persecution_n against_o they_o but_o only_o this_o that_o they_o be_v christian_n that_o they_o be_v better_a than_o they_o be_v before_o and_o more_o holy_a than_o their_o neighbour_n this_o 97._o pliny_n himself_o affirm_v in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o emperor_n trajan_n affirmabant_fw-la autem_fw-la hanc_fw-la fuisse_fw-la summam_fw-la vel_fw-la culpae_fw-la christianorum_fw-la vel_fw-la erroris_fw-la quod_fw-la essent_fw-la soliti_fw-la stato_fw-la die_fw-la ante_fw-la lucem_fw-la convenire_fw-la carnemque_fw-la christo_fw-la quasi_fw-la de●_n dicere_fw-la secum_fw-la inuicem_fw-la seque_fw-la sacramento_fw-la non_fw-la in_o scelus_fw-la aliquod_fw-la obstringere_fw-la sed_fw-la ne_fw-la furta_fw-la ne_fw-la latrocinia_fw-la ne_fw-la adulteria_fw-la committerent_fw-la ne_fw-la fidem_fw-la fallerent_fw-la ne_fw-la depositum_fw-la appellati_fw-la d●negarent_fw-la a●d_v yet_o for_o this_o alone_o be_v they_o persecute_v and_o put_v to_o death_n hence_o be_v it_o that_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n write_v thus_o in_o the_o behalf_n of_o christian_n f._n nos_fw-la ergo_fw-la prosequuntur_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la nos_fw-la esse_fw-la injustos_fw-la depraehenderent_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la nos_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la humanae_fw-la injuriam_fw-la facere_fw-la existiment_fw-la e●_n quod_fw-la simus_fw-la christiani_n et_fw-la ipsos_fw-la inquam_fw-la qui_fw-la sic_fw-la vitam_fw-la instituimus_fw-la et_fw-la alios_fw-la ad●ortamur_fw-la ut_fw-la vitam_fw-la degant_fw-la similem_fw-la hence_o be_v that_o excellent_a discourse_n of_o tertullian_n to_o the_o like_a purpose_n 3._o ecce_fw-la autem_fw-la et_fw-la odio_fw-la habemur_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la hominibus_fw-la nominis_fw-la causa_fw-la non_fw-la scelus_fw-la aliquod_fw-la in_o causa_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la nomen_fw-la et_fw-la solius_fw-la nominis_fw-la crimen_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la ideo_fw-la bone_fw-la caius_n et_fw-la prudens_fw-la lucius_n quia_fw-la christianus_n ut_fw-la quisquis_fw-la nomine_fw-la christiani_n i_o may_v now_o say_v puritani_n emendatur_fw-la offendit_fw-la oditur_fw-la in_o hominibus_fw-la innocuis_fw-la nomen_fw-la innocuum_fw-la nomen_fw-la detinetur_fw-la nomen_fw-la 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