Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	aaron_n	altar_n	old_a	32	3	5.2254	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63903	Boaz and Ruth a disquisition upon Deut. 25, 5, concerning the brothers propagating the name and memory of his elder brother deceased : in which the antiquity, reason, and circumstances of that law are explained, the mistakes and impositions of the Jewish rabbins, in this and other matters detected ... / by John Turner ...	Turner, John, b. 1649 or 50.	1685 (1685)	Wing T3303; ESTC R10986	186,035	472

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the_o tribe_n and_o family_n as_o to_o the_o land_n or_o message_n belong_v to_o they_o will_v be_v perfect_o destroy_v and_o this_o argument_n will_v be_v yet_o more_o strong_a if_o it_o be_v true_a what_o be_v say_v 1_o king_n 12._o 20._o that_o there_o be_v none_o that_o follow_v the_o house_n of_o david_n but_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n only_o which_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v do_v in_o consequence_n of_o what_o god_n himself_o have_v say_v to_o solomon_n c._n 11._o 13._o howbeit_o i_o will_v not_o rend_v away_o all_o the_o kingdom_n but_o will_v give_v one_o tribe_n to_o thy_o son_n for_o david_n my_o servant_n sake_n and_o for_o jerusalem_n sake_n which_o i_o have_v choose_v but_o these_o thing_n be_v not_o by_o any_o mean_n to_o be_v understand_v in_o the_o utmost_a strictness_n and_o propriety_n of_o acceptation_n for_o it_o be_v indisputable_o certain_a that_o that_o one_o tribe_n be_v two_o and_o a_o half_a and_o so_o v._o 30._o of_o this_o eleven_o chapter_n ahijah_n the_o 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