Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	day_n	great_a	sabbath_n	11,080	5	9.5881	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29931	The wicked mans plot defeated, or, The wicked man laughed out of countenance as it was represented in a sermon preached in St. Mary Wool-Church, London, May 11, 1656, by Thomas Baker.	Baker, Thomas, Rector of St. Mary the More.; Baker, Thomas, Rector of St. Mary the More. Gods provenance asserted in another sermon preached at St. Buttolphs, Aldergate, London.; Baker, Thomas, Rector of St. Mary the More. Christs comming to judgement deciphered in a third sermon.	1656 (1656)	Wing B524; ESTC R28339	42,799	212

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the_o wicked_a man_n plot_n defeat_v or_o the_o wicked_a man_n laugh_v out_o of_o countenance_n as_o it_o be_v represent_v in_o a_o sermon_n preach_v in_o st._n marry_o woolchurch_n london_n may_v 11._o 1656._o by_o thomas_n baker_n rector_n of_o st._n marry_o the_o more_o in_o exon_n gal_n 4._o 16._o be_o i_o therefore_o become_v your_o enemy_n because_o i_o tell_v you_o the_o truth_n aug._n vis_fw-fr nunquam_fw-la tristis_fw-la esse_fw-la bene_fw-la vive_fw-la print_a for_o the_o author_n 1656._o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o reader_n courteous_a reader_n for_o with_o the_o present_a untoward_a generation_n i_o have_v not_o yet_o so_o far_o forfeit_v my_o charity_n but_o that_o i_o shall_v still_o proclaim_v thou_o ●or_a such_o as_o far_o as_o the_o infirm_a leg_n of_o these_o crippled_a line_n shall_v carry_v they_o until_o thou_o shall_v appear_v signal_o to_o deserve_v the_o contrary_a we_o be_v fall_v upon_o a_o age_n thou_o can_v not_o but_o be_v tender_o sensible_a wherein_o not_o 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