Selected quad for the lemma: work_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
work_n	covenant_n	grace_n	mediator_n	4,478	5	11.2745	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35959	Truths victory over error, or, An abridgement of the chief controversies in religion which since the apostles days to this time, have been, and are in agitation, between those of the Orthodox faith, and all adversaries whatsoever, a list of whose names are set down after the epistle to the reader : wherein, by going through all the chapters of The confession of faith, one by one, and propounding out of them, by way of question, all the controverted assertions, and answering by yes, or no, there is a clear confirmation of the truth, and an evident confutation of what tenets and opinions, are maintain'd by the adversaries : a treatise, most useful for all persons, who desire to be instructed in the true Protestant religion, who would shun in these last days, and perillous times, the infection of errors and heresies, and all dangerous tenets and opinions, contrary to the word of God.	Dickson, David, 1583?-1663.; Sinclair, George, d. 1696.	1684 (1684)	Wing D1412; ESTC R3405	145,943	378

10._o 1_o cor._n 9_o 8_o 9_o 10._o 1_o peter_n 2._o 13._o 14._o matth._n 5._o 17._o 38._o 39_o well_o then_o do_v not_o some_o err_v though_o otherwise_o orthodox_n who_o maintain_v that_o the_o whole_a judicial_a law_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v yet_o alive_a and_o bind_v all_o of_o we_o who_o be_v christian_a gentile_n yes_o by_o what_o reason_n be_v they_o confute_v 1_o because_o the_o judicial_a law_n be_v deliver_v by_o moses_n to_o the_o israelite_n to_o be_v observe_v as_o to_o a_o body_n politic_a exod._n 21_o chapter_n 2_o because_o this_o law_n in_o many_o thing_n which_o be_v of_o particular_a right_n be_v accommodate_v to_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o not_o to_o other_o nation_n also_o exod._n 22._o 3._o exod._n 21._o 2._o leu._n 25._o 2_o 3._o deut._n 24._o 1_o 2_o 3._o deut._n 25._o 5_o 6_o 7._o 3_o because_o in_o other_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o of_o particular_a right_n it_o be_v neither_o from_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n oblige_v by_o reason_n neither_o 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