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	jew_n	sabbath_n	19,355	5	10.1747	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14923	The soules progresse to the celestiall Canaan, or heavenly Jerusalem By way of godly meditation, and holy contemplation: accompanied with divers learned exhortations, and pithy perswasions, tending to Christianity and humanity. Divided into two parts. The first part treateth of the divine essence, quality and nature of God, and his holy attributs: and of the creation, fall, state, death, and misery of an unregenerated man, both in this life and in the world to come: put for the whole scope of the Old Testament. The second part is put for the summe and compendium of the Gospell, and treateth of the Incarnation, Nativity, words, works, and sufferings of Christ, and of the happinesse and blessednesse of a godly man in his state of renovation, being reconciled to God in Christ. Collected out of the Scriptures, and out of the writings of the ancient fathers of the primitive Church, and other orthodoxall divines: by John Welles, of Beccles in the County of Suffolk.	Welles, John, of Beccles.	1639 (1639)	STC 25231; ESTC S119607	276,075	406

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sun_n stand_v still_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o sky_n the_o space_n of_o one_o whole_a day_n until_o the_o people_n of_o god_n have_v revenge_v themselves_o upon_o their_o enemy_n and_o elias_n pray_v unto_o the_o lord_n that_o it_o may_v not_o rain_v upon_o the_o earth_n 17.22_o 1_o king_n 17_o 1._o &_o 18.1_o jam_fw-la 5.17_o 18._o 1_o king_n 17.22_o and_o it_o rain_v not_o for_o the_o space_n of_o three_o year_n and_o six_o month_n and_o again_o he_o pray_v and_o the_o sky_n give_v rain_v and_o the_o earth_n yield_v her_o fruit_n again_o elias_n by_o prayer_n unto_o god_n 38._o 1_o king_n 18.37_o 38._o raise_v up_o the_o dead_a child_n of_o the_o widow_n of_o sarepta_n and_o at_o his_o prayer_n fire_n fall_v from_o heaven_n and_o consume_v the_o burn_a offering_n the_o wood_n 20.17_o

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