Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	agreeable_a	word_n	zion_n	29	3	9.8513	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40216	A New-England-fire-brand quenched being something in answer unto a lying, slanderous book, entituled, George Fox digged out of his burrows, &c. printed at Boston in the year 1676, of one Roger Williams of Providence in New-England ... : of a dispute upon XIV, of his proposals held and debated betwixt him, the said Roger Williams, on the one part, and John Stubs, William Edmundson, and John Burnyeat on the other at Providence and Newport in Rode-Island, in the year 1672 where his proposals are turn'd upon his own head, and there and here he was and is sufficiently confuted : in two parts : as also, something in answer to R.W.'s Appendix, &c. with a post-script confuting his blasphemous assertions ... : also, the letters of W. Coddington of Rode-Island, and R. Scot of Providence in New-England concerning R.W. and lastly, some testimonies of ancient & modern authors concerning the light, Scriptures, rule & the soul of men / by George Fox and John Burnyeat.	Fox, George, 1624-1691.; Burnyeat, John, 1631-1690.	1678 (1678)	Wing F1864; ESTC R3637	449,863	526

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there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n in_o g._n f.'s_n answer_n and_o therefore_o thou_o may_v have_v spare_v those_o word_n but_o there_o be_v no_o comparison_n to_o be_v make_v with_o the_o faithful_a messenger_n of_o christ_n g._n f._n say_v and_o your_o pretend_a messenger_n that_o never_o hear_v his_o voice_n and_o so_o have_v no_o commission_n from_o he_o and_o i_o must_v tell_v thou_o r._n w._n and_o you_o new-england-priest_n that_o deny_v christ_n the_o light_n with_o which_o he_o englightn_v every_o man_n that_o come_v into_o the_o world_n which_o be_v the_o life_n in_o the_o word_n and_o call_v it_o a_o frantic_a