Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	law_n	moral_a	precept_n	2,880	5	9.5945	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11603	Sermons experimentall: on Psalmes CXVI. & CXVII. Very vsefull for a vvounded spirit. By William Sclater D.D. sometimes rector of Limsham, and vicar of Pitmister, in Summerset-shire. Published by his son William Sclater Mr. of Arts, late fellow of Kings Colledge in Cambridge, now a priest, and preacher of the Gospel in the city of Exeter, in Devon-shire.	Sclater, William, 1575-1626.; Sclater, William, 1609-1661.	1638 (1638)	STC 21844; ESTC S116824	112,358	217

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nothing_o but_o fear_n or_o sense_n of_o wrath_n restrain_v it_o therefore_o that_o fear_n or_o sense_n remove_v they_o add_v drunkenness_n to_o thirst_n as_o pharaoh_n simon_n magus_n etc._n etc._n second_o there_o be_v a_o averseness_n and_o abhorrence_n from_o all_o spiritual_a obedience_n nothing_o but_o fear_n of_o wrath_n or_o hope_v of_o reward_n excite_v or_o continue_v it_o therefore_o see_v israelite_n mal._n 3.14_o when_o they_o see_v the_o proud_a bless_a say_v it_o be_v vain_a to_o serve_v god_n from_o this_o spirit_n of_o bondage_n to_o fear_n have_v god_n free_v his_o child_n psal_n 51.12_o establish_v i_o with_o thy_o free_a spirit_n psal_n 119._o set_a my_o heart_n at_o liberty_n i_o will_v run_v the_o way_n of_o thy_o commandment_n and_o again_o oh_o that_o my_o way_n be_v make_v so_o direct_a where_o god_n spirit_n be_v there_o be_v liberty_n 2_o cor._n 3.17_o see_v 1_o tim._n 1.9_o lord_n that_o these_o may_v be_v so_o many_o motive_n to_o vow_v ourselves_o 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