Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	israel_n	king_n	son_n	15,713	5	5.7554	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69195	Certaine demandes with their grounds, drawne out of holy writ, and propounded in foro conscientiæ by some religious gentl. vnto the reverend fathers, Richard archbishop of Canterbury, Richard bishop of London, William bishop of Lincolne, Garvase bishop of Worcester, William bishop of Exeter, & Thomas bishop of Peterbourough wherevnto the said gentl. require that it would please their lordships to make a true, plaine, direct, honest and resolute aunswere.	Bancroft, Richard, 1544-1610.	1605 (1605)	STC 6572.5; ESTC S112734	57,418	70

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people_n in_o their_o hand_n kneel_v nevertheless_o it_o follow_v not_o hereupon_o the_o law_n be_v not_o in_o the_o negative_a but_o in_o the_o affirmative_a that_o the_o minister_n may_v not_o deliver_v the_o communion_n to_o the_o people_n stand_v or_o sit_v or_o that_o the_o people_n be_v exact_o bind_v not_o to_o stand_v or_o to_o sit_v but_o to_o kneel_v beside_o because_o by_o the_o book_n of_o common_a prayer_n of_o the_o second_o of_o edw._n 6._o whereunto_o only_o as_o we_o take_v it_o touch_v ornament_n rite_n and_o ceremony_n our_o book_n have_v reference_n which_o book_n also_o of_o edw._n the_o 6._o by_o the_o repeal_n make_v of_o the_o statute_n of_o primo_fw-la of_o queen_n mary_n in_o the_o first_o session_n of_o this_o last_o parliament_n be_v revive_v because_o we_o say_v