Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	father_n	son_n	unity_n	4,883	5	9.5680	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63842	A discourse of the government of the thoughts by George Tullie ...	Tullie, George, 1652?-1695.	1694 (1694)	Wing T3238; ESTC R1827	60,979	194

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our_o saviour_n correct_v this_o misprision_n in_o the_o 5_o of_o st._n mat._n you_o have_v hear_v say_v he_o ver_fw-la 21._o that_o it_o be_v say_v by_o they_o of_o old_a time_n thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v if_o a_o man_n do_v not_o actual_o murder_v another_o he_o be_v think_v to_o have_v keep_v within_o the_o bound_n of_o the_o eight_o commandment_n as_o indeed_o he_o do_v as_o to_o the_o temporal_a penalty_n annex_v to_o the_o violation_n of_o it_o which_o be_v then_o principal_o regard_v but_o our_o lord_n tell_v they_o plain_o verse_n 22._o that_o the_o guilt_n in_o this_o particular_a lie_v as_o deep_a as_o the_o very_a beginning_n the_o first_o effort_n and_o sally_n of_o a_o angry_a mind_n towards_o a_o foolish_a quarrel_n that_o may_v end_v in_o blood_n in_o which_o sense_n st._n john_n affirm_v that_o whosoever_o hate_v his_o brother_n be_v a_o murderer_n be_v already_o so_o though_o his_o sword_n be_v still_o unsheathe_v and_o he_o have_v stab_v he_o only_o in_o effigy_n 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