Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	good_a	king_n	lord_n	7,040	5	3.9036	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43611	The black non-conformist, discover'd in more naked truth proving, that excommunication, confirmation, the two great Episcopal appurtenances & diocesan bishops, are not (as now in use) of divine, but human make and shape, and that not only some lay-men, but all the keen-cringing clergy are non-conformists ... : also a libel, and answer (thereunto) fitted to every man's case (be it what it will) that is cited to ecclesiastical courts, whose shallow foundation is unbared, and a true table of ecclesiastical court fees, as it was return'd into the star-chamber, Anno Domini 1630, by the ecclesiastical fellows themselves, and compar'd with the statutes : also concerning the unlawfulness of granting licences to marry, Quakers-marriages, folly, as well as other evil consequences of that new law-maxim, viz. that no non-conformists ought to be jury-men : shewing also, that, religion, religion, that should have been the world's great blessing, is become the plague of mankind, and the curse of Christendom ... / by Edm. Hickeringill ...	Hickeringill, Edmund, 1631-1708.	1682 (1682)	Wing H1797; ESTC R22899	136,499	106

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or_o show_v the_o way_n clear_a than_o those_o many_o thousand_o of_o more_o improve_v knowledge_n and_o advantage_n and_o that_o therefore_o i_o do_v but_o actum_fw-la agere_fw-la and_o labour_n in_o vain_a however_o i_o will_v show_v my_o good_a will_n and_o charity_n whilst_o wise_a head_n sit_v still_o for_o what_o charity_n can_v there_o be_v in_o we_o whilst_o with_o dry_a eye_n and_o unconcern_v we_o see_v so_o many_o stumble_v and_o fall_v in_o the_o dark_a and_o none_o lend_v a_o light_n or_o a_o help_a hand_n if_o possible_a to_o reduce_v man_n into_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o the_o bond_n of_o peace_n let_v great_a luminary_n carry_v their_o great_a light_n in_o dark-lanthorn_n but_o it_o be_v better_a to_o set_v it_o on_o a_o candlestick_n and_o public_o that_o it_o may_v give_v light_n to_o all_o the_o house_n if_o i_o do_v no_o other_o good_a than_o hereby_o to_o incite_v other_o to_o clear_v this_o dark_a and_o mysterious_a management_n of_o 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give_v any_o colour_n to_o excommunication_n namely_o matt._n 18.17_o 18._o but_o our_o saviour_n after_o all_o the_o caution_n imaginable_a of_o a_o mild_a and_o private_a previous_a proceed_n and_o deal_v tender_o with_o a_o brother_n a_o jew_n that_o trespass_v against_o thou_o betwixt_o thou_o and_o he_o which_o if_o it_o take_v effect_v the_o cause_n be_v stop_v and_o all_o further_a proceed_n it_o go_v no_o further_o but_o when_o the_o method_n of_o cure_n prove_v ineffectual_a the_o next_o remedy_n be_v not_o to_o put_v he_o into_o the_o court_n or_o present_v he_o but_o to_o take_v with_o thou_o one_o or_o two_o more_o to_o which_o if_o the_o trespasser_n will_v hearken_v though_o he_o have_v neglect_v and_o refuse_v at_o the_o first_o private_a conference_n yet_o there_o also_o all_o proceed_n be_v stop_v and_o the_o matter_n private_o hush_v up_o to_o avoid_v scandal_n and_o the_o church_n or_o spiritual-court_n never_o hear_v a_o word_n of_o it_o except_o these_o 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