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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
word_n	humane_a	nature_n	union_n	3,114	5	9.7672	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03335	Mystical babylon, or Papall Rome A treatise vpon those words, Apocal. 18.2. It is fallen, it is fallen Babylon, &c. In which the wicked, and miserable condition of Rome, as shee now is in her present Babylonian estate, and as she shall be in her future ineuitable ruine, is fully discouered: and sundry controuersiall points of religion, betwixt the Protestants, and the Papists, are briefly discussed. By Theophilus Higgons, rector of the parochiall Church of Hunton, neere Maidstone in Kent.	Higgons, Theophilus, 1578?-1659.	1624 (1624)	STC 13455; ESTC S118140	129,351	289

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this_o deep_a point_n a_o egregious_a disputation_n be_v hold_v in_o scotland_n &_o it_o be_v relate_v immediate_o after_o the_o martyrdom_n of_o adam_n wallace_n in_o the_o act_n and_o monument_n of_o the_o church_n publish_v by_o master_n fox_n where_o some_o profound_a doctor_n of_o babylon_n do_v substantial_o resolve_v that_o primariò_fw-la formaliter_fw-la principaliter_fw-la ultimatè_fw-la &_o capiendo_fw-la strictè_fw-la this_o prayer_n may_v be_v say_v only_o unto_o god_n but_o secundariò_fw-la materialiter_fw-la minùs_fw-la principaliter_fw-la non_fw-la ultimatè_fw-la &_o capiendo_fw-la largè_fw-fr it_o may_v be_v say_v unto_o saint_n what_o be_v so_o absurd_a and_o impious_a which_o by_o distinction_n may_v not_o be_v defend_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o why_o may_v not_o that_o prayer_n be_v direct_v by_o they_o unto_o the_o saint_n since_o dominus_fw-la be_v change_v into_o domina_fw-la our_o lord_n into_o our_o lady_n the_o psalm_n of_o david_n whereby_o he_o 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