Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	majesty_n	sir_n	william_n	13,430	5	8.0076	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03335	Mystical babylon, or Papall Rome A treatise vpon those words, Apocal. 18.2. It is fallen, it is fallen Babylon, &c. In which the wicked, and miserable condition of Rome, as shee now is in her present Babylonian estate, and as she shall be in her future ineuitable ruine, is fully discouered: and sundry controuersiall points of religion, betwixt the Protestants, and the Papists, are briefly discussed. By Theophilus Higgons, rector of the parochiall Church of Hunton, neere Maidstone in Kent.	Higgons, Theophilus, 1578?-1659.	1624 (1624)	STC 13455; ESTC S118140	129,351	289

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meritorious_a cause_n of_o her_o fall_n apoc._n 17.2_o the_o king_n of_o the_o earth_n have_v commit_v fornication_n with_o she_o and_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v drunken_a with_o the_o wine_n of_o her_o fornication_n to_o wit_n in_o her_o ecclesiastical_a state_n then_o second_o we_o hear_v of_o the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o her_o fall_n v._n 17._o god_n have_v put_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o ten_o king_n to_o fulfil_v his_o will_n and_o to_o do_v with_o one_o consent_n for_o to_o give_v their_o kingdom_n unto_o the_o beast_n how_o long_o until_o the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v fulfil_v what_o then_o they_o shall_v hate_v the_o whore_n and_o make_v her_o desolate_a and_o naked_a and_o burn_v she_o with_o fire_n upon_o what_o motion_n from_o god_n as_o the_o text_n do_v plain_o bear_v and_o therefore_o our_o most_o learned_a and_o prudent_a sovereign_n do_v true_o and_o apt_o observe_v in_o this_o place_n the_o heart_n of_o the_o great_a king_n as_o well_o as_o of_o 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the_o confederacy_n of_o prince_n as_o in_o many_o danger_n she_o have_v not_o neglect_v the_o term_n of_o prudencie_n in_o this_o behalf_n by_o the_o amity_n of_o her_o friend_n by_o the_o diligence_n of_o her_o negotiator_n by_o the_o policy_n of_o her_o counselor_n by_o the_o art_n of_o her_o learning_n by_o the_o abundance_n of_o her_o riches_n and_o final_o by_o a_o general_a confluence_n of_o all_o outward_a mean_n for_o the_o supportation_n of_o her_o estate_n that_o she_o shall_v never_o fall_v for_o so_o she_o say_v in_o her_o heart_n i_o sit_v be_v a_o queen_n and_o be_o no_o widow_n and_o shall_v see_v no_o mourning_n apoc._n 18.7_o yet_o faith_n assure_v i_o that_o her_o own_o friend_n her_o own_o upholders_n her_o horn_n these_o ten_o king_n her_o old_a lover_n shall_v bring_v she_o down_o to_o the_o earth_n to_o fall_v so_o low_a that_o she_o can_v fall_v no_o low_o i_o mean_v not_o in_o place_n and_o situation_n but_o in_o condition_n and_o estate_n now_o if_o rome_n 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