Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	aaron_n	act_n	service_n	28	3	5.9188	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30255	No sacrilege nor sin to alienate or purchase cathedral lands, as such: or, A vindication of, not onely the late purchasers; but, of the antient nobility and gentry; yea, of the Crown it self, all deeply wounded by the false charge of sacrilege upon new purchasers. By C. Burges, D.D.; Case concerning the buying of bishops lands.	Burges, Cornelius, 1589?-1665.	1660 (1660)	Wing B5676; ESTC R202286	78,792	78

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such_o land_n to_o any_o common_a use_n especial_o since_o the_o statute_n of_o 17._o car._n i._o cap._n ii_o and_o cap._n 28._o this_o be_v evident_a from_o the_o premise_n and_o be_v here_o add_v by_o way_n of_o antithesis_fw-la to_o obviate_v those_o two_o confident_a assertion_n of_o the_o letter_n answerer_n proposition_n before_o mention_v viz._n that_o to_o invade_v those_o thing_n give_v to_o the_o church_n be_v they_o movable_a or_o immovable_a be_v express_o the_o sin_n of_o sacrilege_n and_o that_o this_o sin_n be_v not_o only_o against_o god_n positive_a law_n but_o plain_o against_o his_o moral_a law_n to_o charge_v a_o man_n with_o sacrilege_n be_v the_o high_a accusation_n for_o the_o great_a crime_n next_o to_o the_o unpardonable_a sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n for_o it_o be_v range_v with_o idolatry_n itself_o rom._n 2.22_o yea_o