Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	meditation_n	morning_n	night_n	6,381	5	10.0234	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91155	A briefe polemicall dissertation, concerning the true time of the inchoation and determination of the Lordsday-Sabbath. Wherein is clearly and irrefragably manifested by Scripture, reason, authorities, in all ages till this present: that the Lordsday begins and ends at evening; and ought to be solemnized from evening to evening: against the novel errours, mistakes of such, who groundlesly assert; that it begins and ends at midnight, or day-breaking; and ought to be sanctified from midnight to midnight, or morning to morning: whose arguments are here examined, refuted as unsound, absurd, frivolous. Compiled in the Tower of London, and now published, for the information, reformation of all contrary judgment or practise. By William Prynne of Swainswick Esq;.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1654 (1654)	Wing P3916; Thomason E814_11	82,955	107

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too_o it_o be_v but_o the_o ancient_a weekly_a sabbath_n transl●ted_v to_o another_o day_n and_o there_o be_v no_o preceptnor_n precedent_n in_o scripture_n to_o begin_v the_o sabbath_n or_o lordsday_n at_o morning_n or_o midnight_n but_o both_o precept_n and_o example_n to_o commence_v and_o end_v it_o at_o evening_n as_o the_o foregoing_a conclusion_n prove_v the_o rather_o because_o it_o be_v confess_v by_o all_o my_o opposite_n in_o opinion_n that_o the_o lordsday_n succeed_v the_o seven_o day_n sabbath_n and_o be_v to_o be_v weekly_a whole_o and_o entire_o consecrate_v to_o god_n public_a and_o private_a worship_n and_o that_o by_o the_o very_a equity_n and_o morality_n of_o the_o four_o commandment_n which_o be_v the_o receive_a opinion_n not_o only_o of_o most_o of_o our_o own_o writer_n who_o have_v write_v of_o the_o sabbath_n or_o lordsday_n and_o comment_v on_o the_o four_o commandment_n by_o learned_a henry_n bullinger_n decad._n 2._o c._n 4._o joannes_n pappus_n enar_a in_fw-la isaiam_fw-la c_o 58._o and_o very_o many_o of_o the_o learned_a protestant_a writer_n in_o foreign_a part_n quote_v by_o learned_a wallaeus_n in_o his_o disputatio_fw-la de_fw-la sabbato_fw-la to_o which_o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n for_o full_a satisfaction_n but_o likewise_o of_o the_o learned_a popish_a schoolman_n commentator_n and_o writer_n of_o all_o sort_n as_o namely_o of_o peter_n lombard_n lib._n 3._o sententiarum_fw-la distinctio_fw-la 37._o richardus_fw-la de_fw-la media_fw-la villa_n joannes_n scotus_n henricus_fw-la de_fw-fr veru-maria_n christopherus_n silvestranus_n gulielmus_fw-la estius_n and_o other_o in_o lib._n 3._o sententiarum_fw-la distinct_a 37._o dionysius_n carthusianus_n in_o lib_n 3._o sententiarum_fw-la distinct_a 37._o and_o in_fw-la fxod_fw-la enarratio_fw-la c_o 20._o where_o he_o thus_o write_v memento_n ut_fw-la diem_fw-la sabbati_fw-la sanctifices_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la sanctis_fw-la operibus_fw-la diem_fw-la illum_fw-la expendas_fw-la and_o divino_fw-la cultui_fw-la arplicas_fw-la eum_fw-la per_fw-la quod_fw-la et_fw-la nunc_fw-la diei_fw-la dominici_n jubetur_fw-la cellebritas_fw-la bonaventura_n in_o lib._n 3._o sentent_fw-fr distinct_a 37._o sermon_fw-la de_fw-la decem_fw-la praeceptis_fw-la sermon_n 4._o operum_fw-la tom._n 7._o p._n 8._o and_o speculum_fw-la animae_fw-la c_n 2._o ibid._n p._n 35._o where_o he_o determine_v thus_o per_fw-la hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la in_fw-la lege_fw-la nostra_fw-la dominica_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la observatio_fw-la siquidem_fw-la diei_fw-la dominici_n e●t_n de_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la scilicet_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la divinum_fw-la ut_fw-la habetur_fw-la in_fw-la exodo_fw-la memento_n ut_fw-la diem_fw-la sabbati_fw-la sanctifices_fw-la etc._n etc._n sancti_fw-la raymundi_fw-la lumina_fw-la lib._n 1._o tit._n de_fw-fr feriis_fw-la ac_fw-la festis_fw-la p._n 110._o 111._o acutè_fw-la thomas_n aquinas_n in_o lib._n 3._o sentent_fw-fr distinct_a 37._o artic._n 5._o and_o 2._o quaest._n 122._o artic._n 4._o with_o all_o his_o follower_n on_o these_o place_n hugo_fw-la cardinalis_fw-la comment_n in_o exod._n ●0_n tostatus_n abulensis_n in_o exod._n 20._o qu._n 11_o 12_o 13._o a_o exc●llent_a pregnant_a discourse_n to_o this_o purpose_n and_o in_o 1._o regum_fw-la tom._n 1._o p._n 128._o joannes_n gerson_n compendium_n theologiae_fw-la in_o 3._o praeceptum_fw-la operum_fw-la tom_n 2._o p._n 56._o astensis_fw-la summa_fw-la lib._n 1._o tit._n 22._o de_fw-la observantia_fw-la sabbati_fw-la ang●lus_n de_fw-fr clavatio_fw-la summa_fw-la angelica_n tit._n praeceptum_fw-la sect._n 2_o 3_o 7._o bernardinus_fw-la senensis_fw-la sermo_fw-la 10._o de_fw-la observantia_fw-la sabbati_fw-la a_o excellent_a full_a pious_a discourse_n paulus_fw-la de_fw-la sancta_fw-la ma●ia_fw-la sc●utiniun_fw-fr scripturarum_fw-la pars_fw-la 1._o distinct_a 8._o c._n 14._o antonius_n cadubi●nsis_fw-la quastionarii_fw-la lib_n 1_o cue_fw-la 5._o jacobus_n de_fw-fr valentia_n adversus_fw-la judaeos_fw-la qu._n 2._o soto_n de_fw-la justitia_fw-la et_fw-la jure_fw-la lib._n 2._o qu._n 3._o art_n 5_o qu._n 4_o domincus_fw-la bannes_fw-la 2a_fw-la secundae_fw-la qu._n 44._o artic._n 1._o didacus_n stella_fw-la comment_n in_o luc._n c._n 14._o covarruinas_n resolutionum_fw-la lib._n 4._o c_o 19_o conclus_fw-la 4._o and_o 5._o joannis_n nyder_n as_o also_o michael_n marspurgiensis_n in_o 3._o praeceptum_fw-la enchiridion_fw-la christianae_fw-la institutionis_fw-la set_v forth_o by_o the_o whole_a council_n of_o colen_n an._n 1536_o in_o 3._o praeceptum_fw-la f._n 270._o to_o 276._o hector_n pintus_fw-la comment._n in_fw-la isaiam_fw-la cap._n 56._o and_o in_o ezech._n cap._n 20._o ambrose_n catherinus_n enar._n in_o genesis_n c._n 2._o p._n 122_o 123._o petrus_n binsfeldius_n enchiridion_fw-la theologiae_fw-la pastoralis_fw-la pars_fw-la 3._o c._n 10._o p._n 320._o cardinal_n bellarmin_n de_fw-la cultu_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la lib._n 3._o c._n 11._o azorius_fw-la the_o jesuit_n instit._n moralium_fw-la pars_fw-la 2._o lib._n 1._o c._n 2._o lorinus_n comment_n in_o deut._n c._n 5_o p._n 222_o 223_o 224._o petrus_n vincentius_n de_fw-fr marzilla_n annotatio_fw-la in_fw-la exod._n c._n 20._o annot._n 3._o p._n 249._o corne●ius_n à_fw-la lapide_fw-la comment._n in_o deut._n 5._o p._n 975._o leonardus_n marius_n comment_n in_o exod._n c._n 20._o num._n 47._o p._n 504._o vincentius_n filiucius_n moralium_fw-la quaestionum_fw-la tom._n 2_o in_o 3._o praecepium_fw-la deoalogi_fw-la c._n 1._o sect._n 7._o to_o 11_o p._n 250._o etc._n etc._n 2._o p._n 251._o ludovicus_n ystella_n comment_n in_o exod._n 20._o p._n 124._o to_o who_o i_o shall_v annex_v our_o own_o irresragable_a english_a doctor_n alexander_n alensis_fw-la summa_fw-la theology_n pars_fw-la 3._o qu._n 32._o memb._n 2._o nicholaus_fw-la de_fw-la lyra_n a_o convert_a english_a jew_n comment_n in_o exod._n 20._o john_n peelham_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o william_n lyndwood_n constit_fw-la provincialium_fw-la lib._n 1._o de_fw-la officio_fw-la archiepresbyteri_fw-la f._n 40._o 41._o thomas_n waldensis_fw-la doctrinale_fw-la fidei_fw-la tom._n 3._o tit._n 16._o c._n 140._o de_fw-la celebrando_fw-la festiuè_fw-la diem_fw-la dominicum_fw-la sine_fw-la mundanis_fw-la operibus_fw-la the_o flower_n of_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n on_o the_o three_o commandment_n dives_fw-la and_o paurer_n on_o the_o three_o commandment_n c._n 11._o f._n 120._o print_v

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