Selected quad for the lemma: reason_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
reason_n	great_a	know_v	lord_n	3,884	5	3.6122	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01801	The Kings medicine for this present yeere 1604 prescribed by the whole colledge of the spirituall physitions, made after the coppy of the corporall kings medicine, which was vsed in the city the former yeere. Giuen as a new yeers-gift, to the honorable city of London, to be taken in this yeere for the soule, as the other was for the bodie. Herevnto are intermixed, first, the wonders of the former yeer, his triumphs, two funeralls, two coronations, two preachers. Secondlie, Londons and Englands newyeers-gift, to offer vp vnto the Lord for his new-yeers-gift, containing King Dauids sacrificing after the ceasing of the pestilence, necessarie to teach vs the duty of our deliuerance. The whole collected out of the first book of Chr. ch. 21. / Made and vvritten by Iames Godskall, preacher of the vvorde.	Godskall, James.	1604 (1604)	STC 11936; ESTC S118768	100,652	208

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serpent_n ec._n 21._o unto_o pitch_n eccle._n 13.1_o three_o for_o the_o medicine_n appoint_v to_o cure_v it_o heal_a cleanse_a wash_v jere._n 4_o 14._o we_o wash_v thing_n that_o be_v pollute_v four_o for_o the_o similitude_n which_o it_o have_v with_o the_o corporal_a plague_n in_o diverse_a thing_n as_o i_o have_v already_o show_v and_o yet_o will_v amplyfie_v in_o this_o king_n evil_a as_o the_o corporal_a plague_n do_v manifest_v itself_o with_o biles_n and_o carbuncle_n yea_o sometime_o with_o five_o six_o seven_o or_o more_o so_o likewise_o in_o this_o plague_n of_o the_o soul_n wherewith_o david_n have_v be_v infect_v diverse_a pestilential_a ulcer_n be_v to_o be_v see_v and_o as_o the_o carbuncle_n botch_n and_o sore_n of_o the_o corporal_a plague_n be_v call_v by_o the_o vulgar_a gods-token_n so_o give_v i_o leave_v fit_o to_o call_v the_o diverse_a sin_n which_o be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o this_o king_n evil_a devil_n token_n to_o particularize_v this_o plague_n in_o david_n 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