Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	church_n	form_n	service_n	3,471	5	6.6497	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90877	The Portraiture of Mr. George Keith the Quaker, in opposition to Mr. George Keith the parson. / Presented to the hearers of his late sermons. ; By a Protestant dissenter.	Protestant Dissenter.; Keith, George, 1639?-1716.	1700 (1700)	Wing P3006; ESTC R181969	10,201	20

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the_o portraiture_n of_o mr._n george_n keith_n the_o quaker_n in_o opposition_n to_o mr._n george_n keith_n the_o parson_n present_v to_o the_o hearer_n of_o his_o late_a sermon_n by_o a_o protestant_a dissenter_n g._n k_o be_v serious_a appeal_n p._n 21._o let_v but_o the_o reader_n see_v my_o own_o word_n in_o my_o print_a book_n and_o well_o consider_v they_o and_o if_o he_o have_v but_o a_o little_a sound_a judgement_n he_o will_v easy_o find_v i_o have_v not_o contradict_v myself_o in_o any_o thing_n london_n print_v and_o sell_v by_o the_o bookseller_n of_o london_n and_o westminster_n 1700._o the_o portraiture_n of_o mr._n george_n keith_n etc._n etc._n the_o expose_v this_o person_n i_o be_o now_o concern_v with_o in_o his_o proper_a colour_n who_o yet_o tell_v the_o world_n in_o his_o first_o narrative_n p._n 15._o i_o know_v not_o any_o fundamental_a principle_n nor_o indeed_o any_o one_o principle_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n that_o i_o have_v vary_v from_o to_o this_o 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