Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	king_n	people_n	power_n	15,452	5	5.2145	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40050	Four grand questions proposed, and briefly answered wherein is discoursed, the authority and duty of the magistrate in the matters of religion, the unlawfulness of a toleration and general liberty of conscience, the divine right of Christian liberty in things indifferent, the unlawfulness of repealing the laws against Popery and idolatry.		1689 (1689)	Wing F1655; ESTC R20387	25,185	33

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to_o time_n as_o moses_n joshua_n etc._n etc._n and_o to_o the_o supreme_a magistrate_n especial_o be_v commit_v the_o care_n of_o the_o right_a administration_n of_o religion_n and_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n as_o well_o as_o of_o civil_a justice_n between_o man_n by_o which_o example_n god_n himself_o teach_v we_o not_o only_o the_o necessity_n and_o obligation_n of_o have_v a_o magistracy_n over_o a_o body_n of_o people_n but_o also_o the_o office_n and_o duty_n whereunto_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v apply_v and_o though_o under_o the_o gospel_n all_o the_o king_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o world_n be_v in_o the_o first_o age_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n and_o have_v be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n ever_o since_o enemy_n to_o the_o church_n yet_o it_o do_v not_o therefore_o follow_v that_o because_o they_o have_v thus_o pervert_v their_o power_n that_o it_o ought_v not_o to_o have_v be_v apply_v for_o the_o church_n good_a under_o the_o gospel_n for_o we_o find_v that_o it_o be_v 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