Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	divine_a	person_n	son_n	20,479	5	6.2429	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52110	Lex Pacifica, or, Gods own law of determining controversies explain'd and asserted in a sermon preached at Dorchester at the Assizes holden there for the county of Dorset, August 5, 1664 / by John Martin ...	Martin, John, 1619-1693.	1664 (1664)	Wing M843; ESTC R31215	24,813	40

15._o for_o certain_a man_n which_o come_v down_o to_o antioch_n from_o judaea_n have_v teach_v the_o brethren_n and_o say_v except_o you_o be_v circumcise_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o moses_n you_o can_v be_v save_v the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n come_v together_o for_o to_o consider_v of_o this_o matter_n v._o 6._o and_o have_v make_v a_o decree_n concern_v the_o point_n in_o controversy_n how_o religious_o it_o be_v observe_v not_o only_o by_o christian_n of_o that_o age_n but_o for_o more_o than_o 300_o year_n after_o 9_o after_o in_o apolog._n c._n 9_o tertullian_n in_o his_o apology_n 8._o apology_n contr._n cell_n lib._n 8._o origen_n against_o celsus_n 1._o celsus_n eccle._n hist_o l._n 5._o c._n 1._o eusebius_n 4._o eusebius_n catech._n 4._o cyril_n of_o jerusalem_n public_n jerusalem_n epist_n 154._o ad_fw-la public_n st._n austin_n and_o nic._n and_o ep._n 79._o ad_fw-la nic._n leo_n will_v inform_v such_o as_o please_v to_o inquire_v 2._o second_o because_o the_o follow_a 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