Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	civil_a	law_n	nation_n	7,653	5	8.1668	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61248	A sermon preached in the Cathedral and Metropolitan Church of St. Peter in York, January 30th, 1688/9, and published at the request of the auditors by William Stainforth ...	Stainforth, William, d. 1713.	1689 (1689)	Wing S5173; ESTC R13543	15,374	42

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imprimatur_fw-la guil._n needham_n r._n r._n in_o christo_n p._n ac_fw-la d._n d._n wilhelmo_n archiep._n cant._n à_fw-la sacr._n dome_a exit_fw-la aed_n lamb._n febr._n 21._o 1688._o a_o sermon_n preach_v in_o the_o cathedral_n and_o metropolitical_a church_n of_o st._n peter_n in_o york_n january_n 30_o 1688_o 1688_o 9_o and_o publish_v at_o the_o request_n of_o the_o auditor_n by_o william_n stainforth_n residentiary_n canon_n of_o york_n london_n print_v for_o walter_n kettilby_n at_o the_o bishop's-head_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n and_o francis_n hildyard_n bookseller_n in_o york_n 1689._o ii_o chron._n 35._o 24._o and_o all_o judah_n and_o jerusalem_n mourn_v for_o josiah_n mourn_v suppose_v grief_n as_o be_v the_o proper_a effect_n and_o natural_a indication_n of_o it_o for_o though_o grief_n be_v a_o secret_a and_o hide_a passion_n and_o inward_o seat_v in_o the_o mind_n yet_o as_o all_o other_o passion_n when_o they_o be_v suffer_v to_o swell_v and_o grow_v up_o to_o 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