Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	david_n	lord_n	saul_n	2,776	5	9.6848	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62865	Christs commination against scandalizers, or, A treatise wherein the necessitie, nature, sorts, and evils of scandalizing are clearly and fully handled with resolution of many questions, especially touching the abuse of Christian liberty, shewing that vengeance is awarded against such as use it to the grievance of their weake brethren / by Iohn Tombes ...	Tombes, John, 1603?-1676.	1641 (1641)	Wing T1802; ESTC R1928	96,775	467

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his_o own_o mean_a condition_n behold_v now_o i_o have_v take_v upon_o i_o to_o speak_v unto_o the_o lord_n who_o be_o but_o dust_n and_o ash_n gen._n 18._o 27._o when_o a_o man_n survey_v the_o earth_n by_o itself_o it_o be_v a_o great_a and_o vast_a body_n but_o when_o it_o be_v compare_v with_o the_o heaven_n it_o be_v instar_fw-la puncti_fw-la but_o as_o a_o small_a point_n that_o have_v no_o quantity_n so_o for_o those_o man_n that_o look_v on_o themselves_o or_o compare_v themselves_o with_o other_o man_n or_o inferior_a creature_n they_o be_v apt_a to_o imagine_v themselves_o to_o be_v some_o great_a one_o as_o simon_n magus_n vaunt_v himself_o act_n 8._o 9_o but_o those_o that_o acquaint_v themselves_o with_o god_n walk_v and_o converse_v with_o he_o they_o find_v such_o a_o infinite_a disproportion_n between_o god_n and_o themselves_o that_o they_o conceive_v themselves_o as_o nothing_o even_o light_a than_o vanity_n itself_o 2._o as_o by_o faith_n they_o behold_v god_n 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