Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	ordinance_n	power_n	resist_v	2,543	5	10.0817	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40432	A sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons, at St. Margaret's Westminster, on Wednesday the fifth of November, 1690 being the anniversary thanksgiving for the happy deliverance of King James the First, and three estates of the realm, from the Gunpowder-treason : and also for the happy arrival of His present Majesty on this day, for the deliverance of our church and nation from Popery and arbitrary power / by Sa. Freeman ...	Freeman, Samuel, 1643-1700.	1690 (1690)	Wing F2146; ESTC R2149	10,052	36

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