Selected quad for the lemma: nation_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	answer_v	poor_a	zion_n	25	3	8.7657	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17384	A commentary: or, sermons vpon the second chapter of the first epistle of Saint Peter vvherein method, sense, doctrine, and vse, is, with great variety of matter, profitably handled; and sundry heads of diuinity largely discussed. By Nicholas Byfield, late preacher of God's Word at Isle-worth in Middlesex.	Byfield, Nicholas, 1579-1622.; Gouge, William, 1578-1653.	1623 (1623)	STC 4211; ESTC S107078	497,216	958

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a_o righteous_a nation_n may_v enter_v in_o isaiah_n 26.1_o 2._o man_n may_v deceive_v themselves_o but_o god_n will_v not_o be_v deceive_v for_o he_o have_v his_o fire_n in_o zion_n and_o furnace_n in_o jerusalem_n he_o will_v try_v every_o man_n and_o make_v his_o count_n only_o by_o righteousness_n isaiah_n 31.9_o rom._n 9_o and_o therefore_o the_o sinner_n in_o zion_n have_v reason_n to_o be_v afraid_a isaiah_n 35.14_o and_o if_o yet_o we_o will_v have_v sign_n more_o particular_a we_o may_v try_v ourselves_o by_o these_o that_o follow_v first_o zion_n be_v a_o virgin_n and_o all_o the_o godly_a be_v the_o daughter_n of_o zion_n and_o so_o the_o chief_a daughter_n of_o a_o chief_a mother_n 14.5_o now_o this_o be_v a_o true_a virtue_n of_o a_o true_a member_n of_o the_o church_n that_o his_o love_n be_v undefiled_a towards_o christ_n he_o be_v not_o enamour_v with_o other_o thing_n he_o will_v have_v no_o other_o god_n but_o one_o he_o account_v all_o thing_n but_o dross_n and_o 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