Selected quad for the lemma: nation_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	act_n	great_a	king_n	1,244	5	3.6089	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34954	Judah's purging in the melting pot a sermon preached in the cathedral at Sarum before the Reverend Sir Robert Foster, and Sir Thomas Tirrell, Knights, judges for the western circuit, at the Wiltshire Assizes, Sept. 6, 1660 / by W. Creede ...	Creed, William, 1614 or 15-1663.	1660 (1660)	Wing C6873; ESTC R37688	31,329	49

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lxxii_o connexion_n and_o dependence_n of_o this_o act_n and_o operation_n on_o the_o former_a at_o the_o same_o instant_n that_o god_n will_v avenge_v himself_o upon_o his_o adversary_n he_o will_v turn_v his_o hand_n on_o zion_n whence_o observe_v that_o when_o the_o sin_n of_o a_o nation_n be_v at_o the_o height_n god_n bring_v a_o national_a judgement_n he_o kindle_v a_o fire_n in_o zion_n and_o it_o devour_v the_o very_a 11._o lam._n 4._o 11._o foundation_n thereof_o in_o common_a calamity_n all_o suffer_v alike_o the_o plague_n the_o sword_n the_o famine_n god_n national_a whip_n and_o scourge_n make_v no_o distinction_n the_o good_a and_o bad_a be_v equal_o expose_v unto_o their_o fury_n the_o fire_n in_o the_o furnace_n as_o well_o furious_o scorch_v the_o precious_a metal_n as_o the_o tin_n and_o dross_n the_o only_a difference_n be_v in_o the_o issue_n of_o the_o work_n and_o the_o design_n of_o the_o artificer_n and_o god_n with_o the_o selfsame_a 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