Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	jesus_n	lord_n	see_v	7,565	5	3.6443	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92846	The anatomy of secret sins, presumptuous sins, sins in dominion, & uprightness. Wherein divers weighty cases are resolved in relation to all those particulars: delivered in divers sermons preached at Mildreds in Bread-street London, on Psalm 19. 12, 13. Together with the remissibleness of all sin, and the irremissibleness of the sin against the Holy Ghost preached before an honourable auditory. By that reverend and faithfull minister of the Gospel, Mr. Obadiah Sedgwick, B.D. Perfected by himself, and published by those whom he intrusted with his notes.	Sedgwick, Obadiah, 1600?-1658.; Chambers, Humphrey, 1598 or 9-1662.	1660 (1660)	Wing S2363; Thomason E1003_1; ESTC R203493	249,727	327

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3._o papist_n bellarmine_n l._n 2._o de_fw-la paenit_fw-la c._n 16._o jansenius_n in_o concord_n evan._n 4._o protestant_n calvin_n in_o concord_n evan._n zanchins_n tom._n 4._o l._n 1._o c._n 9_o scharpius_fw-la incursu_fw-la theolog._n pareus_n in_o heb._n 6._o &_o 10._o ursinus_n in_o catech._n piscator_fw-la in_o mat._n beza_n fusius_fw-la in_o john_n 5._o 16._o byfield_n on_o the_o creed_n gouge_n on_o this_o argument_n perkins_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o case_n of_o conscience_n etc._n etc._n finis_fw-la a_o table_n a_o accept_v two_o thing_n assure_v a_o good_a heart_n his_o service_n be_v accept_v p._n 220_o uprightness_n be_v very_o acceptable_a to_o god_n p._n 250._o acts._n whether_o the_o interruption_n of_o sinful_a act_n do_v impeach_v sin_n dominion_n answer_v p._n 115_o actual_a vid._n dominion_n adam_n adam_n one_o of_o the_o great_a sinner_n yet_o pardon_v p_o 270_o apostasy_n what_o it_o be_v p._n 282_o approve_v a_o twofold_n approve_v of_o ourselves_o too_o 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