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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
word_n	apostle_n	church_n	elder_n	3,592	5	9.6069	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85329	Londons gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office aright, in discovering and shutting out the ignorant, prophane, and meere civill honest man : in suspending the suspected formall, legall, and antinomisticall professor, and in drawing in the weakest humble beleeving soule. In a dialogue betweene a minister of the Gospell. Alexander an ignorant prophane man. Simon a proud professor. And Matthias an humble penitent. Imprimatur Edmund Calamy.	Fisher, Edward, fl. 1627-1655.	1646 (1646)	Wing F995; Thomason E1213_1; ESTC R210120	58,722	302

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back_o by_o the_o eldership_n and_o be_v there_o not_o some_o who_o it_o may_v be_v be_v fit_a to_o come_v and_o yet_o do_v not_o come_v either_o because_o they_o be_v ashamed_a to_o come_v before_o so_o many_o man_n to_o be_v examine_v as_o they_o be_v inform_v do_v sit_v upon_o that_o occasion_n or_o else_o be_v fearful_a lest_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o answer_v they_o to_o their_o content_n and_o so_o be_v turn_v back_o to_o their_o disgrace_n and_o be_v there_o not_o also_o some_o other_o who_o it_o may_v be_v be_v fit_a to_o come_v and_o yet_o either_o because_o they_o scorn_v to_o be_v examine_v at_o these_o year_n or_o by_o such_o and_o such_o a_o man_n who_o they_o do_v conceive_v be_v inferior_a to_o themselves_o they_o will_v not_o come_v and_o be_v there_o not_o other_o also_o who_o be_v fit_a to_o come_v and_o yet_o do_v not_o come_v because_o such_o be_v admit_v to_o the_o sacrament_n who_o they_o conceive_v be_v not_o fit_a to_o partake_v thereof_o thus_o i_o 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