Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	aaron_n	church_n	minister_n	21	3	6.5904	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43842	Pithanelogia, or, A perswasive to conformity by way of a letter to the dissenting brethren / by a country minister.	Hinckley, John, 1617?-1695.	1670 (1670)	Wing H2047; ESTC R29478	103,888	196

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bear_v the_o blame_n the_o exercise_n of_o true_a piety_n lie_v in_o external_a worship_n and_o this_o be_v call_v religion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hence_o it_o be_v that_o salvian_n so_o sad_o complain_v minori_fw-la reverentia_fw-la introimus_fw-la templum_fw-la we_o show_v less_o respect_n in_o god_n house_n than_o we_o will_v in_o a_o judge_n hall_n or_o we_o go_v with_o as_o little_a reverence_n say_v the_o martyr_a archbishop_n into_o the_o temple_n as_o a_o tinker_n and_o his_o dog_n into_o a_o alchouse_n be_v our_o church_n cumber_v and_o even_o oppress_v with_o so_o pompous_a liveless_a and_o numerous_a train_n of_o ceremony_n as_o that_o of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n which_o may_v either_o distract_v or_o divert_v our_o devotion_n be_v it_o with_o we_o as_o saint_n jerome_n say_v it_o be_v per_fw-la totas_fw-la orientis_fw-la eccle●●●_n throughout_o all_o the_o eastern_a church_n 〈◊〉_d they_o read_v the_o gospel_n 〈…〉_o adversus_fw-la vigildation_n p_o 121_o