Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	church_n	good_a	holy_a	1,129	5	4.2899	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53100	The common interest of king and people shewing the original, antiquity and excellency of monarchy, compared with aristocracy and democracy, and particularly of our English monarchy, and that absolute, papal and Presbyterian popular supremacy are utterly inconsistent with prerogative, property and liberty / by John Nalson.	Nalson, John, 1638?-1686.	1677 (1677)	Wing N92; ESTC R10092	110,919	290

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illo_fw-la what_o a_o vast_a difference_n there_o be_v betwixt_o s._n peter_n and_o his_o successor_n silver_n and_o gold_n he_o have_v none_o they_o be_v not_o satisfy_v unless_o they_o may_v have_v all_o so_o that_o from_o this_o necessary_a chain_n of_o consequence_n and_o effect_n it_o be_v most_o apparent_a that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n by_o this_o doctrine_n of_o absolute_a papal_a supremacy_n be_v absolute_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o very_o be_v security_n and_o succession_n of_o monarchy_n the_o liberty_n happiness_n and_o property_n of_o the_o people_n after_o all_o this_o i_o must_v be_v unjust_a if_o i_o shall_v not_o do_v the_o english_a roman_a catholic_n that_o reason_n which_o they_o may_v in_o common_a equity_n challenge_v as_o to_o fidelity_n and_o loyalty_n to_o their_o prince_n nor_o can_v i_o do_v it_o upon_o a_o better_a testimony_n than_o that_o of_o the_o late_a martyr_a monarch_n who_o be_v so_o sensible_a of_o it_o as_o to_o complain_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sect._n 15._o upon_o the_o many_o jealousy_n raise_v and_o scandal_n cast_v upon_o the_o king_n to_o stir_v up_o the_o people_n against_o he_o he_o be_v sorry_a the_o papist_n shall_v have_v a_o great_a sense_n of_o allegiance_n than_o many_o protestant_a professor_n who_o seem_v to_o have_v learn_v and_o to_o practice_v the_o worst_a principle_n of_o the_o worst_a papist_n nor_o do_v i_o know_v any_o consideration_n that_o can_v be_v powerful_a enough_o with_o i_o against_o truth_n and_o justice_n and_o much_o less_o the_o common_a bugbear_n of_o be_v repute_v by_o the_o presbyterian_o a_o favourer_n of_o papist_n which_o censure_n i_o know_v none_o that_o can_v escape_v who_o be_v not_o a_o schismatic_a and_o if_o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o yet_o their_o open_a avow_v of_o loyalty_n against_o all_o foreign_a interest_n be_v of_o good_a weight_n since_o general_o they_o be_v person_n of_o quality_n worth_a and_o honour_n who_o set_v the_o same_o value_n upon_o 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