Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	wonderful_a	work_n	worldly_a	28	3	7.3124	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22627	Saint Augustines confessions translated: and with some marginall notes illustrated. Wherein, diuers antiquities are explayned; and the marginall notes of a former Popish translation, answered. By William Watts, rector of St. Albanes, Woodstreete; Confessiones. English	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Watts, William, 1590?-1649.	1631 (1631)	STC 912; ESTC S100303	327,312	1,035

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now_o the_o evidentnesse_n of_o the_o thing_n be_v this_o voice_n of_o the_o speaker_n it_o be_v thou_o therefore_o o_o lord_n that_o make_v they_o thou_o who_o be_v full_a of_o beauty_n they_o be_v fair_a also_o thou_o who_o be_v good_a they_o also_o be_v good_a even_o thou_o who_o have_v be_v see_v these_o have_v their_o being_n yet_o be_v they_o neither_o so_o fair_a so_o good_a nor_o be_v so_o as_o thou_o their_o creator_n art_n compare_v with_o who_o they_o be_v neither_o fair_a nor_o good_a nor_o be_v at_o all_o thus_o much_o we_o know_v thanks_n to_o