Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

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lord_n	day_n	great_a	name_n	11,099	5	4.9414	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64458	The Testimony of some persecuted Presbyterian ministers of the Gospel unto the covenanted reformation of the Church of Scotland and to the present expediency of continuing to preach the Gospel in the fields and against the present antichristian toleration in its nature and design &c. / given in to the ministers at Edenburgh by Mr. James Renwick upon the 17 Janwarii, 1688.	Renwick, James, 1662-1688.	1688 (1688)	Wing T818; ESTC R213976	42,898	37

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that_o it_o do_v palpable_o cross_v &_o contradict_v the_o will_n of_o god_n reveal_v in_o the_o scripture_n of_o truth_n gen._n 35.1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o exod._n 23.31_o 32_o 33._o exod._n 34.12_o 13_o 14_o 15._o deut._n 7_o 2-6_a 25_o 26._o deut._n 13.6_o 12._o etc._n etc._n josh._n 22.10_o 12._o josh._n 23.11_o 12_o 13._o judg._n 2.1.2_o 3._o 1_o sam._n 3.13_o 14._o 1_o king_n 18.40_o 2_o king_n 9.22_o 2_o chron._n 15.15_o 16._o psal_n 101._o throughout_o prov._n 20.8_o cant._n 2.15_o ezek._n 43.7_o 8._o zech._n 13.2_o 3_o 4._o john_n 2.15_o 16._o rom._n 13.3_o 4._o revel_v 2.2.14_o 20._o prov._n 17.16_o 2._o the_o commissioner_n of_o the_o general_n assembly_n do_v plain_o &_o full_o witness_v against_o the_o toleration_n that_o be_v in_o the_o bud_n anno_fw-la 1649._o and_o the_o reverend_a assembly_n of_o divine_n at_o west-minist_a have_v in_o the_o large_a catechism_n in_o the_o exposition_n of_o the_o second_o commandment_n reckon_v the_o toleration_n of_o false_a religion_n among_o 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