Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	grace_n	holy_a	spirit_n	13,616	5	4.8465	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B20729	A letter of Mr. John Cottons, teacher of the Church in Boston in New-England, to Mr. Williams, a preacher there wherein is shewed that those ought to be received into the Church who are Godly, though they doe not see nor expressely bewaile all the pollutions in church-fellowship, ministery, worship, government.	Cotton, John, 1584-1652.; Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683.	1643 (1643)	Wing C6441	9,474	16

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shall_v perish_v in_o their_o way_n psal_n 2.12_o finis_fw-la

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so_o but_o be_v they_o therefore_o no_o church_n true_o constitute_v or_o to_o be_v separate_v from_o yea_o do_v not_o haggai_n and_o zachary_n themselves_o communicate_v with_o they_o and_o call_v other_o also_o to_o come_v out_o of_o babel_n to_o communicate_v with_o they_o even_o while_o joshua_n the_o high_a priest_n be_v still_o pollute_v with_o his_o unclean_a garment_n zac._n 2.6_o 7._o with_o 6.3.8.3_o but_o if_o indeed_o you_o desire_v to_o know_v what_o upon_o due_a weigh_v of_o the_o place_n i_o conceive_v to_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o it_o you_o shall_v find_v it_o to_o be_v this_o the_o occasion_n of_o the_o word_n arise_v from_o a_o worldly_a distemper_n which_o the_o time_n grow_v upon_o all_o sort_n of_o the_o member_n of_o that_o church_n who_o be_v so_o far_o carry_v away_o with_o care_n of_o their_o own_o outward_a accommodation_n that_o while_o every_o man_n look_v to_o his_o own_o house_n and_o the_o seiling_n of_o it_o the_o temple_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o 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church_n can_v be_v that_o the_o member_n admit_v thereunto_o shall_v all_o of_o they_o see_v express_o bewail_v all_o the_o pollution_n which_o they_o have_v be_v defile_v with_o in_o the_o former_a church-fellowship_n ministry_n worship_n government_n if_o they_o see_v and_o bewail_v so_o much_o of_o their_o former_a pollution_n as_o do_v enthrall_v they_o to_o antichrist_n as_o to_o separate_v they_o from_o christ_n and_o be_v ready_a in_o preparation_n of_o heart_n as_o they_o shall_v see_v more_o light_n so_o to_o hate_v more_o and_o more_o every_o false_a way_n we_o conceive_v it_o be_v as_o much_o as_o be_v necessary_o require_v to_o separation_n from_o antichrist_n and_o to_o fellowship_n with_o christ_n and_o his_o church_n the_o church_n of_o judea_n admit_v many_o thousand_o jew_n that_o believe_v on_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n although_o they_o be_v still_o zealous_a of_o the_o law_n and_o see_v not_o the_o begget_o emptiness_n of_o moses_n his_o ceremony_n act._n 21.20_o 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