Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	city_n	london_n	mayor_n	10,714	5	9.7889	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53083	Peccata in deliciis a discourse of bosom sins : a sermon preach'd before the Lord Mayor and court of aldermen, at Guild-Hall Chappel, October the 10th, 1686 / by Peter Newcome ...	Newcome, Peter, 1656-1738.	1686 (1686)	Wing N902; ESTC R3277	17,860	35

geoffrey_n mayor_n martis_n twelve_o o_o die_v octobris_fw-la 1686._o annoque_fw-la rr._n jacobi_n secundi_fw-la angl._n etc._n etc._n secundo_fw-la this_o court_n do_v desire_n mr._n newcome_a to_o print_v his_o sermon_n preach_v at_o guildhall-chappel_n on_o sunday_n morning_n last_o before_o the_o lord_n mayor_n and_o alderman_n of_o this_o city_n wagstaffe_n imprimatur_fw-la octob._n 14._o 1686._o hen._n maurice_n rrmo_z in_o christo_fw-la patri_fw-la ac_fw-la dnō_n wilhelmo_n archiepisc_n cantuar_n a_o sacris_fw-la peccata_fw-la in_o deliciis_fw-la a_o discourse_n of_o bosom_n sin_n a_o sermon_n preach_v before_o the_o lord_z mayor_z and_o court_n of_o alderman_n at_o guild-hall_n chappel_n october_n the_o 10_o 1686._o by_o peter_n newcome_n m._n a._n and_o vicar_n of_o aldenham_n in_o hertfordshire_n london_n print_v by_o j._n d._n for_o jonathan_n robinson_n at_o the_o golden_a lion_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n 1686._o to_o the_o right_n honourable_a sir_n robert_n geoffrey_n lord_n mayor_n of_o the_o city_n of_o london_n and_o to_o the_o court_n of_o alderman_n my_o lord_n in_o obedience_n to_o your_o lordship_n particular_a desire_n as_o well_o as_o the_o public_a order_n from_o the_o court_n to_o i_o i_o here_o present_v you_o from_o the_o press_n what_o your_o lordship_n be_v please_v so_o much_o to_o favour_v with_o your_o like_n from_o the_o pulpit_n the_o discourse_n be_v rustic_a plain_a and_o pure_o practical_a and_o be_v design_v not_o so_o much_o to_o work_v the_o head_n or_o tickle_v the_o fancy_n as_o to_o affect_v the_o heart_n and_o reform_v the_o life_n to_o a_o real_a and_o universal_a uprightness_n before_o god_n which_o end_n if_o it_o answer_v i_o be_o not_o at_o all_o solicitous_a how_o it_o may_v fare_v in_o other_o respect_n that_o the_o blessing_n of_o god_n may_v attend_v both_o it_o and_o the_o government_n of_o this_o city_n be_v the_o hearty_a prayer_n of_o right_o honourable_a your_o most_o humble_a and_o most_o 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