Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	certain_a	consequence_n	great_a	75	3	2.0858	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50872	A defence of Arch-bishop Usher against Dr. Cary and Dr. Isaac Vossius together with an introduction concerning the uncertainty of chronology ... / by John Milner.	Milner, John, 1628-1702.	1694 (1694)	Wing M2080; ESTC R26843	62,754	136

a_o defence_n of_o archbishop_n usher_z against_o d_o r_o carry_v and_o d_o r_o isaac_n vossius_fw-la together_o with_o a_o introduction_n concern_v the_o uncertainty_n of_o chronology_n and_o a_o appendix_n touch_v the_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o also_o of_o the_o man_n of_o the_o great_a synagogue_n by_o john_n milner_n s._n t._n b._n cambridge_z print_v by_o j._n hayes_n for_o benj._n take_v and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v by_o w._n graves_n bookseller_n in_o cambridge_n 1694._o octob._n 29._o 1692._o imprimatur_fw-la gabr._fw-la quadring_n procan_n humf._n gower_n prof._n marg._n joh._n covel_n coll._n christ._n praefect_n ja._n johnson_n coll._n sid._n mag._n the_o content_n chap._n i._n the_o introduction_n concern_v the_o uncertainty_n of_o chronology_n chap._n ii_o whether_o lunar_a month_n be_v in_o use_n with_o the_o israelite_n before_o the_o babylonish_n captivity_n chap._n iii_o of_o the_o month_n dioscorinthius_n 2_o macc._n 11._o 21._o chap._n iu._n of_o the_o time_n when_o artaxerxes_n longimanus_fw-la begin_v his_o reign_n and_o of_o the_o flight_n of_o themistocles_n chap._n v._o of_o the_o time_n when_o sanchuniathon_n semiramis_n and_o nitocris_n live_v chap._n vi_o whether_o nabonasar_n be_v the_o same_o with_o belesis_n chap._n vii_o whether_o darius_n hystaspis_n be_v the_o husband_n of_o esther_n also_o whether_o artystona_n be_v esther_n and_o atossa_n vashti_n chap._n viii_o whether_o tiglathpileser_n be_v the_o same_o with_o ninus_n junior_a the_o successor_n of_o sardanapalus_n chap._n ix_o whether_o moses_n be_v contemporary_a to_o inachus_n chap._n x._o of_o that_o alexander_n king_n of_o egypt_n who_o be_v report_v to_o have_v make_v the_o commonwealth_n of_o rome_n his_o heir_n chap._n xi_o of_o argon_fw-la the_o first_o king_n of_o the_o lydian_n after_o the_o atyadae_fw-la whether_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o ninus_n chap._n xii_o of_o aegyptus_n how_o 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