Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	form_n	pray_v	set_a	5,316	5	11.1216	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10189	A looking-glasse for all lordly prelates Wherein they may cleerely behold the true divine originall and laudable pedigree, whence they are descended; together with their holy lives and actions laid open in a double parallel, the first, betweene the Divell; the second, betweene the Iewish high-priests, and lordly prelates; and by their double dissimilitude from Christ, and his Apostles.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1636 (1636)	STC 20466; ESTC S121078	71,933	128

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deliver_v i_o from_o lightning_n and_o tempest_n from_o plague_n pestilence_n and_o famine_n from_o battle_n and_o murder_n and_o from_o sudden_a death_n who_o be_o now_o present_o to_o die_v and_o lose_v my_o head_n or_o what_o do_v their_o pray_n to_o preserve_v all_o that_o travel_n by_o land_n or_o by_o water_n all_o woman_n labour_v with_o child_n all_o sick_a person_n and_o young_a child_n etc._n etc._n concern_v either_o i_o or_o my_o present_a condition_n who_o be_o now_o ready_a to_o perish_v and_o be_v destroy_v miserable_a comforter_n be_v they_o this_o he_o speak_v with_o tear_n in_o his_o eye_n and_o there_o upon_o desire_v the_o company_n there_o present_a with_o he_o to_o go_v with_o he_o from_o these_o dean_n into_o another_o room_n where_o he_o make_v such_o a_o heavenly_a fervent_a extemporary_a prayer_n pertinent_a to_o his_o present_a die_a condition_n as_o ravish_v all_o the_o auditor_n and_o draw_v river_n of_o tear_n both_o from_o their_o eye_n and_o heart_n 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