Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	common_a	king_n	person_n	5,731	5	4.9817	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38464	The English manner of swearing vindicated, or, The judgment of an eminent nonconformist minister of London concerning these four questions viz., q. I. Is it lawful in swearing to lay the hand upon the Bible? q. II. Is it lawful to kiss it in swearing? q. III. May one that scrupleth thus swearing himself, yet commissioned, give an oath thus to another that scrupleth it not? q. IV. How far is swearing by creatures a sin? : wherein several objections about the foresaid questions are answered.		1687 (1687)	Wing E3098; ESTC R26129	6,685	10

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