Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	daughter_n	king_n	son_n	18,071	5	5.0209	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15580	The saints aduantage or The welfare of the faithfull, in the worst times A sermon, preached at the Hage the 18. of May, 1623. before the most high, and mighty princesse, Elizabeth, by the grace of God, Queene of Bohemia, Countesse Palatine of the Rhene, &c. By Iohn Wing, an vnworthy minister of the gospel and pastor to the English Church at Flishing in Zealand.	Wing, John, of Flushing, Zealand.	1623 (1623)	STC 25847; ESTC S120119	54,386	92

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5.3_o heb._n 10.34_o act._n 5.40_o 41._o to_o suffer_v with_o joy_n yea_o with_o much_o joy_n the_o spoil_v of_o their_o good_n to_o go_v from_o the_o consistory_n with_o bloody_a shoulder_n yet_o glad_a heart_n rejoice_v that_o be_v account_v worthy_a to_o undergo_v the_o worst_a for_o christ_n and_o the_o apostle_n who_o be_v so_o abundant_a above_o all_o the_o rest_n not_o only_o in_o the_o labour_n but_o in_o the_o suffering_n of_o the_o gospel_n 7.4_o 2_o cor._n 7.4_o also_o tell_v we_o plain_o great_n be_v my_o rejoice_v i_o be_o full_a of_o comfort_n i_o have_v not_o only_o abundant_a joy_n but_o joy_v over-abundant_a in_o all_o my_o tribulation_n these_o be_v strange_a word_n yet_o true_a and_o such_o as_o he_o say_v he_o have_v already_o in_o possession_n and_o not_o only_o in_o some_o light_a affliction_n but_o in_o his_o heavy_a distress_n even_o in_o all_o his_o tribulation_n to_o have_v great_a joy_n to_o be_v full_a of_o comfort_n yea_o to_o be_v over-full_a or_o to_o overabounde_a be_v such_o a_o strain_n of_o speech_n as_o never_o fall_v from_o man_n by_o any_o sense_n or_o reason_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n but_o only_o from_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n and_o the_o power_n of_o his_o grace_n which_o have_v persuade_v his_o soul_n of_o the_o sweetness_n of_o this_o save_a truth_n that_o we_o teach_v that_o a_o man_n at_o his_o worst_a shall_v not_o only_o be_v full_a but_o overflow_v with_o comfort_n and_o joy_n which_o be_v more_o than_o any_o wicked_a man_n can_v say_v of_o his_o best_a for_o all_o the_o happiness_n under_o heaven_n can_v fill_v much_o less_o overfill_v the_o hart_n of_o man_n he_o can_v be_v satisfy_v much_o less_o can_v he_o be_v glut_v indeed_o or_o surfeit_n intruth_o