Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	able_a	king_n	lord_n	386	4	3.5776	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63903	Boaz and Ruth a disquisition upon Deut. 25, 5, concerning the brothers propagating the name and memory of his elder brother deceased : in which the antiquity, reason, and circumstances of that law are explained, the mistakes and impositions of the Jewish rabbins, in this and other matters detected ... / by John Turner ...	Turner, John, b. 1649 or 50.	1685 (1685)	Wing T3303; ESTC R10986	186,035	472

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24._o 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d veneharotheath_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v no_o question_n mean_v of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aneillae_n vernae_fw-la famulae_fw-la and_o now_o let_v any_o man_n judge_n whether_o grotius_n or_o i_o have_v the_o better_a another_o instance_n in_o the_o story_n of_o laban_n who_o give_v first_o leah_n to_o jacob_n to_o wife_n give_v zilphah_n along_o with_o she_o for_o a_o handmaid_n and_o afterward_o bestow_v rachel_n give_v bilhah_n likewise_o to_o be_v in_o the_o same_o quality_n to_o she_o neither_o be_v there_o any_o doubt_n but_o hagar_n be_v for_o the_o same_o reason_n bestow_v upon_o sarah_n upon_o her_o marriage_n with_o abraham_n the_o servant_n maid_n give_v together_o with_o her_o mistress_n be_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o dowry_n and_o be_v as_o much_o in_o the_o disposal_n of_o the_o supreme_a lord_n the_o master_n of_o the_o

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i_o shall_v be_v destroy_v i_o and_o my_o house_n which_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o that_o dreadful_a curse_n he_o denounce_v afterward_o against_o they_o gen._n 49._o 5_o 6_o 7._o simeon_n and_o levi_n be_v brethren_n instrument_n of_o cruelty_n be_v in_o their_o habitation_n o_o my_o soul_n come_v not_o thou_o into_o their_o secret_n unto_o their_o assembly_n my_o honour_n be_v not_o thou_o unite_v for_o in_o their_o anger_n they_o slay_v a_o man_n and_o in_o their_o self-will_n they_o dig_v down_o a_o wall_n curse_v be_v their_o anger_n for_o it_o be_v fierce_a and_o their_o wrath_n for_o it_o be_v cruel_a i_o will_v divide_v they_o in_o jacob_n and_o scatter_v they_o in_o israel_n neither_o be_v these_o three_o only_o pass_v by_o but_o judah_n also_o against_o who_o no_o exception_n appear_v 1._o chron._n 5._o 1_o 2._o now_o the_o son_n of_o reuben_n the_o first-born_a of_o israel_n for_o he_o be_v the_o first-born_a but_o for_o as_o much_o as_o he_o defile_v his_o father_n bed_n 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jacob_n have_v conceive_v some_o displeasure_n against_o judah_n also_o as_o be_v concern_v in_o the_o common_a hatred_n of_o all_o the_o brother_n to_o their_o brother_n joseph_n gen._n 37._o 4_o 5._o and_o be_v the_o adviser_n of_o his_o sell_v into_o egypt_n v._o 27._o which_o being_n a_o temperament_n both_o of_o mercy_n and_o cruelty_n together_o for_o the_o other_o will_v have_v dispatch_v he_o outright_o it_o be_v from_o hence_o perhaps_o that_o the_o jew_n have_v conclude_v that_o jacob_n do_v not_o dispossess_v he_o of_o his_o whole_a birthright_n but_o give_v only_o to_o joseph_n a_o double_a portion_n of_o the_o inheritance_n leave_v all_o other_o thing_n in_o their_o natural_a and_o usual_a state_n for_o to_o the_o elder_a brother_n the_o master_n tell_v we_o there_o belong_v three_o thing_n first_o he_o be_v the_o king_n of_o the_o family_n to_o reign_v in_o his_o father_n stead_n after_o his_o decease_n second_o he_o be_v the_o priest_n of_o it_o and_o three_o he_o be_v to_o enjoy_v a_o double_a share_n of_o the_o inheritance_n which_o double_a share_n they_o affirm_v to_o have_v be_v give_v to_o joseph_n and_o that_o his_o birthright_n which_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v give_v he_o consist_v only_o in_o that_o and_o true_o to_o give_v they_o their_o due_n something_o of_o this_o nature_n be_v very_o reasonable_a to_o believe_v for_o its_o manifest_a not_o only_o from_o the_o place_n of_o the_o chronicle_n above_o cite_v that_o judah_n prevail_v over_o his_o brethren_n but_o he_o do_v this_o as_o the_o rightful_a heir_n by_o virtue_n of_o his_o father_n blessing_n gen._n 49._o 8_o 9_o 10._o judah_n thou_o be_v he_o who_o thy_o brethren_n shall_v praise_v thy_o hand_n shall_v be_v in_o the_o neck_n of_o thy_o enemy_n