Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	government_n	king_n	monarchy_n	2,757	5	9.5091	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58802	The Christian life part III. Wherein the great duties of justice, mercy, and mortification are fully explained and inforced. Vol. IV. By John Scott D.D. late rector of St. Giles's in the Fields.; Christian life. Vol. 4.	Scott, John, 1639-1695.; White, Robert, 1645-1703, engraver.	1696 (1696)	Wing S2056; ESTC R218661	194,267	475

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and_o devastation_n within_o we_o that_o do_v so_o disturb_v the_o harmony_n of_o our_o faculty_n and_o disjoint_v the_o very_a frame_n of_o our_o being_n iii_o sin_n disturb_v the_o tranquillity_n of_o our_o mind_n and_o this_o natural_o follow_v from_o the_o former_a for_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n can_v never_o be_v at_o ease_n so_o long_o as_o its_o bone_n be_v out_o of_o joint_n and_o all_o its_o faculty_n so_o woeful_o disorder_v for_o thus_o every_o thing_n be_v at_o ease_n so_o long_o as_o it_o be_v in_o its_o own_o natural_a state_n and_o condition_n but_o when_o once_o its_o part_n be_v displace_v or_o put_v into_o a_o disorder_n or_o distort_v into_o a_o unnatural_a figure_n it_o be_v in_o restless_a motion_n till_o it_o return_v again_o to_o the_o specific_a state_n and_o posture_n of_o its_o own_o nature_n and_o so_o it_o be_v with_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n which_o while_o it_o preserve_v its_o own_o natural_a station_n and_o superiority_n over_o our_o affection_n and_o 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