Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	sin_n	sin_v	transgression_n	4,837	5	10.4181	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47310	The religious loyalist, or, A good Christian taught how to be a faithful servant both to God and the King in a visitation-sermon preached at Coles-hill in Warwick-shire, Aug. 28, 1685 : at the triennial visitation of my Lords Grace of Canterbury, during the suspension of the Bp. of Litchfield and Coventry / by John Kettlewell ...	Kettlewell, John, 1653-1695.	1686 (1686)	Wing K381; ESTC R16674	14,027	40

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idol_n but_o caetera_fw-la vectigalia_fw-la gratias_fw-la christianis_fw-la agent_n etc._n etc._n say_v tertullian_n i._n e._n as_o to_o all_o other_o custom_n which_o be_v every_o where_o fraudulent_o conceal_v or_o withhold_v by_o the_o gentile_n we_o christian_n be_v so_o strict_a in_o pay_v they_o that_o though_o the_o gentile_n pay_v tax_n for_o idolatrous_a use_n which_o the_o religion_n of_o we_o christian_n will_v not_o suffer_v we_o to_o do_v yet_o our_o punctualness_n in_o discharge_v all_o state-tax_n so_o far_o exceed_v they_o that_o we_o pay_v as_o much_o into_o the_o checquer_n for_o civil_a imposition_n as_o the_o heathen_n do_v for_o those_o and_o for_o idolatrous_a too_o tert._n apol._n c._n 42._o 2._o they_o must_v ready_o obey_v all_o their_o just_a law_n put_v they_o in_o mind_n to_o be_v subject_a to_o principality_n and_o power_n say_v st._n paul_n and_o to_o obey_v magistrate_n tit._n 3._o 1._o and_o this_o obedience_n be_v due_a whensoever_o they_o command_v 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