Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	according_a	ask_v	will_n	2,561	5	6.4954	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28310	A soul-searching catechism wherein is opened and explained not onely the six fundamental points set down Heb. 6. I. but also many other questions of highest concernment in Christian religion : wherein is strong meat for them that are grown and milk for babes, in a very short catechism at the end, exceeding needful for all families in these ignorant and unsetled times / written by Christopher Blackwood.	Blackwood, Christopher.	1653 (1653)	Wing B3101; ESTC R24658	62,833	92

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to_o hear_v that_o prayer_n 3._o when_o we_o behold_v the_o face_n of_o god_n in_o prayer_n god_n sometime_o answer_v the_o prayer_n of_o his_o people_n with_o a_o cast_n of_o his_o countenance_n see_v psal_n 27.7_o 8_o 9_o also_o 22.24_o as_o petitioner_n may_v oft_o read_v their_o speed_n in_o the_o amiable_a countenance_n of_o those_o they_o petition_n job_n gave_v a_o undeniable_a reason_n why_o god_n be_v his_o salvation_n job_n 13.16_o which_o be_v because_o a_o hypocrite_n do_v not_o come_v before_o he_o as_o job_n do_v though_o every_o creature_n come_v into_o his_o omnipresence_n yet_o into_o his_o special_a presence_n to_o behold_v his_o face_n in_o prayer_n and_o to_o come_v within_o the_o list_n of_o his_o countenance_n only_o upright_a man_n come_v see_v psal_n 104.13_o 4._o when_o the_o conscience_n be_v able_a to_o commend_v the_o prayer_n set_v aside_o the_o infirmity_n job_n conscience_n commend_v his_o prayer_n to_o be_v pure_a job_n 16.17_o if_o thy_o conscience_n 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