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	name_n	time_n	10,666	5	3.4709	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49810	A mite into the treasury being a word to artists, especially to heptatechnists, the professors of the seven liberal arts ... shewing what we own herein, being according to God and Godliness, and of God and what we deny, proceeding from and favouring of those deceitful lips which seduced man from his primitive station, a state of blessedness / [by] Thomas Lawson.	Lawson, Thomas, 1630-1691.	1680 (1680)	Wing L726; ESTC R30492	34,955	52

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deut._n 18.10_o the_o lord_n frustrate_v the_o token_n of_o the_o liar_n and_o make_v diviner_n mad_a etc._n etc._n isa_n 44.25_o the_o prophet_n bear_v testimony_n against_o the_o caldean_a astrologer_n say_v thou_o be_v weary_v in_o the_o multitude_n of_o thy_o counsel_n let_v now_o the_o astrologer_n the_o stargazer_n the_o monthly_a prognosticator_n stand_v up_o etc._n etc._n isa_n 57.13_o 14._o '_o the_o art_n of_o astrology_n say_v pol._n virg._n be_v devise_v or_o invent_v to_o make_v sound_a mind_n rave_v or_o go_v out_o of_o the_o way_n '_o lib._n 1._o cap._n 17._o calvin_n bear_v at_o noviodune_n a_o city_n of_o france_n a_o stout_a opposer_n of_o the_o apostatise_v roman_a church_n about_o the_o year_n 1548._o discover_v in_o a_o book_n the_o vanity_n and_o falsehood_n of_o judicial_a astrology_n which_o many_o begin_v then_o too_o much_o to_o heed_n clark_n in_o the_o life_n of_o john_n calvin_n bion_n say_v '_o that_o astronomer_n be_v very_o ridiculous_a who_o when_o they_o can_v see_v fish_n swim_v near_o they_o on_o the_o shore_n yet_o say_v that_o they_o see_v fish_n that_o be_v the_o constellation_n piscis_fw-la in_o heaven_n '_o stob._n serm._n 78._o '_o the_o posterity_n of_o noah_n say_v theoph._n gale_n degenerate_v from_o the_o pure_a philosophy_n that_o be_v wisdom_n of_o the_o patriarch_n plunge_v into_o the_o bottomless_a pit_n of_o diabolical_a astrology_n and_o idolatry_n for_o in_o their_o contemplation_n of_o celestial_a body_n the_o feel_n of_o the_o creator_n be_v lose_v they_o be_v first_o of_o all_o hurry_v to_o the_o admiration_n of_o they_o afterward_o to_o the_o adoration_n of_o they_o '_o so_o those_o glorious_a creature_n be_v lift_v up_o to_o the_o throne_n of_o the_o creator_n become_v the_o object_n of_o monstruous_a idolatry_n rom._n 1.21_o deut._n 4.19_o epiphanius_n basil_n chrysostom_n augnstin_n ancient_a father_n eminent_a in_o the_o church_n in_o their_o respective_a day_n give_v reason_n why_o judicial_a astrology_n be_v to_o be_v explode_v cast_v out_o augustin_n bishop_n of_o hippo_n sad_o complain_v in_o his_o confession_n that_o he_o be_v delude_v in_o make_v any_o account_n of_o that_o art_n and_o bitter_o inveighe_v against_o it_o and_o the_o professor_n thereof_o nou._n pol._n judicial_a astrology_n be_v often_o forbid_v by_o the_o canon_n of_o council_n conc._n tolet._n prim_fw-la nou._n pol._n phavorinus_n be_v wont_a to_o check_v judicial_a astrologer_n by_o this_o witty_a dilemma_n or_o argument_n '_o they_o say_v he_o do_v say_v that_o either_o unfortunate_a or_o prosperous_a thing_n will_v befall_v if_o they_o say_v prosperous_a thing_n and_o deceive_v thou_o thou_o shall_v be_v make_v miserable_a by_o expect_v if_o they_o say_v unfortunate_a thing_n will_v befall_v yet_o lie_v thou_o shall_v be_v make_v miserable_a through_o fear_v therefore_o by_o no_o mean_n say_v he_o must_v we_o have_v to_o do_v with_o such_o like_a man_n who_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o foretell_v what_o shall_v happen_v