Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	call_v	day_n	sabbath_n	45,288	5	10.7053	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42886	The instruction of youth in Christian piety taken out of the sacred Scriptures, and Holy Fathers; divided into five parts. With a very profitable instruction for meditation, or mental prayer. By Charles Gobinet, Doctor of Divinity, of the House and Society of Sorbon, principal of the College of Plessis-Sorbon. The last edition in French, now render'd into English.; Instruction de la jeunesse en la piété chrétienne. English.	Gobinet, Charles, 1614-1690.	1687 (1687)	Wing G904D; ESTC R217420	333,500	593

3._o de_fw-fr quadrag_n to_o what_o say_v s._n leo_n do_v all_o the_o exterior_a ornament_n serve_v if_o the_o interior_a be_v full_a of_o corruption_n and_o sin_n keep_v well_o in_o mind_n that_o sentence_n of_o s._n augustin_n which_o say_v 255._o say_v qui_fw-la nec_fw-la castitatem_fw-la custodit_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la nec_fw-la puritatem_fw-la tenet_fw-la in_o ment_fw-la quoties_fw-la sanctae_fw-la solemnitates_fw-la adveniunt_fw-la in_fw-la corpore_fw-la videtur_fw-la habere_fw-la gaudium_fw-la in_o cord_n non_fw-la celebrat_fw-la nisi_fw-la luctum_fw-la quale_fw-la enim_fw-la gaudium_fw-la conscientia_fw-la illa_fw-la habere_fw-la potest_fw-la in_fw-la cujus_fw-la anima_fw-la multis_fw-la vitiis_fw-la occupata_fw-la magis_fw-la diabolus_fw-la probatur_fw-la habitare_fw-la quam_fw-la christus_fw-la s._n aug_n serm._n 255._o that_o he_o who_o do_v not_o conserve_v chastity_n in_o his_o body_n and_o purity_n in_o his_o mind_n only_o celebrate_v a_o feast_n of_o sadness_n and_o 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lord_n my_o soul_n do_v sigh_v after_o they_o even_o unto_o death_n happy_a be_v those_o who_o dwell_v in_o thy_o house_n who_o sing_v there_o eternal_o thy_o praise_n and_o bless_a be_v he_o who_o by_o the_o assistance_n of_o thy_o grace_n dispose_v in_o his_o heart_n the_o mean_n to_o mount_v from_o this_o valley_n of_o tear_n to_o that_o so_o desirable_a a_o dwelling_n chap._n xxii_o of_o be_v present_a at_o divine_a service_n i_o add_v here_o this_o subject_a because_o it_o help_v much_o for_o the_o celebration_n of_o feast_n whereof_o i_o have_v speak_v and_o be_v a_o powerful_a mean_n to_o conduct_v man_n to_o a_o solid_a piety_n wherefore_o i_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o give_v you_o a_o necessary_a instruction_n which_o you_o may_v make_v use_n of_o all_o your_o life_n now_o to_o give_v you_o a_o account_n of_o this_o from_o the_o beginning_n parish_n the_o first_o institution_n of_o parish_n you_o must_v know_v that_o the_o apostle_n after_o the_o ascension_n of_o the_o son_n of_o 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light_n to_o other_o they_o be_v design_v for_o that_o end_n the_o son_n of_o god_n say_v particular_o to_o they_o 5._o they_o vos_fw-fr estis_fw-la lux_fw-la mundi_fw-la sic_fw-la luceat_fw-la lux_fw-la vestra_fw-la coram_fw-la hominibus_fw-la ut_fw-la videant_fw-la opera_fw-la vestra_fw-la bona_fw-la &_o glorificent_fw-la patrem_fw-la vestrum_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o coelis_fw-la est_fw-la mat._n 5._o you_o be_v the_o light_n of_o the_o world_n let_v your_o light_n shine_v so_o among_o man_n that_o they_o may_v see_v your_o good_a work_n and_o glorify_v your_o celestial_a father_n and_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n say_v divine_o 1._o divine_o nihil_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la alios_fw-la magis_fw-la ad_fw-la pietatem_fw-la &_o dei_fw-la cultum_fw-la assidue_fw-la instruat_fw-la quam_fw-la eorum_fw-la vita_fw-la &_o exemplum_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la divino_fw-la ministerio_fw-la dedicarunt_fw-la quapropter_fw-la sic_fw-la decet_fw-la omnino_fw-la clericos_fw-la in_o sortem_fw-la 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sumat_fw-la sibi_fw-la honorem_fw-la sed_fw-la qui_fw-la voco_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la tanquam_fw-la aaron_n heb._n 5._o let_v no_o man_n take_v this_o honour_n to_o himself_o but_o he_o who_o be_v call_v by_o god_n as_o aaron_n a_o maxim_n which_o he_o confirm_v by_o the_o adorable_a example_n of_o jesus_n christ_n who_o be_v by_o himself_o and_o by_o his_o dignity_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n a_o priest_n

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end_n say_v he_o he_o may_v learn_v to_o fear_v the_o lord_n his_o god_n and_o observe_v his_o word_n and_o the_o ceremony_n which_o be_v there_o command_v moreover_o your_o example_n will_v much_o influence_n your_o superior_n if_o you_o be_v good_a they_o will_v imitate_v your_o virtue_n if_o you_o be_v vicious_a they_o will_v take_v all_o liberty_n to_o be_v wicked_a according_a to_o the_o maxim_n of_o the_o wiseman_n 10._o wiseman_n secundum_fw-la judicem_fw-la populi_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o ministri_fw-la ejus_fw-la qualis_fw-la rector_n est_fw-la civitatis_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o habitantes_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la eccl._n 10._o as_o the_o judge_n of_o the_o people_n be_v himself_o so_o be_v his_o officer_n the_o inhabitant_n of_o a_o city_n conform_v themselves_o to_o he_o who_o govern_v they_o by_o your_o example_n you_o will_v cause_v many_o blessing_n or_o much_o mischief_n and_o you_o will_v be_v guilty_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n of_o all_o the_o sin_n other_o shall_v commit_v by_o 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propter_fw-la peccata_fw-la jeroboam_n qui_fw-la peccavit_fw-la &_o fecit_fw

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