Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	great_a	lord_n	servant_n	6,565	5	6.4913	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29196	Saintship no ground of soveraignty, or, A treatise tending to prove, that the saints, barely considered as such, ought not to govern by Edw. Bagshaw ...	Bagshaw, Edward, 1629-1671.	1660 (1660)	Wing B422; ESTC R10641	20,947	66

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not_o be_v exclude_v from_o be_v reckon_v among_o our_o saviour_n subject_n now_o in_o time_n of_o christianity_n we_o have_v no_o ground_n from_o scripture_n to_o expect_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v actual_o accomplish_v until_o our_o saviour_n second_o come_n at_o which_o time_n the_o saint_n shall_v reign_v with_o he_o which_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o that_o promise_n of_o our_o saviour_n he_o that_o overcome_v i._n all_o difficulty_n and_o keep_v my_o word_n unto_o the_o end_n i._o persevere_fw-la in_o the_o christian_a faith_n i_o will_v give_v he_o power_n over_o the_o heathen_a etc._n etc._n even_o as_o i_o have_v receive_v of_o my_o father_n i._n hereafter_o he_o shall_v reign_v with_o i_o not_o in_o this_o life_n but_o when_o he_o have_v exchange_v this_o for_o a_o better_a last_o by_o pact_n or_o covenant_n thus_o our_o saviour_n be_v king_n of_o believer_n only_o as_o a_o prince_n he_o give_v we_o law_n invite_v we_o with_o reward_n deter_v we_o by_o punishment_n and_o 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