Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	glory_n	grace_n	lord_n	4,464	5	3.7966	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26932	Gildas Salvianus, the reformed pastor shewing the nature of the pastoral work, especially in private instruction and catechizing : with an open confession of our too open sins : prepared for a day of humiliation kept at Worcester, Decemb. 4, 1655 by the ministers of that county, who subscribed the agreement for catechizing and personal instruction at their entrance upon that work / by their unworthy fellow-servant, Richard Baxter ...	Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1656 (1656)	Wing B1274; ESTC R209214	317,338	576

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spei_fw-la retinaculum_fw-la fidei_fw-la dux_fw-la itineris_fw-la salutaris_fw-la foam_v ac_fw-la nutrimentum_fw-la bonae_fw-la indolis_fw-la magistra_fw-la virtutis_fw-la facit_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la manere_fw-la semper_fw-la ac_fw-la jugiter_fw-la deo_fw-la vivere_fw-la ad_fw-la promissa_fw-la coelestia_fw-la &_o divina_fw-la praemia_fw-la pervenire_fw-la hanc_fw-la &_o sectari_fw-la salubre_fw-la est_fw-la &_o aversari_fw-la ac_fw-la negliger●_n lethale_n as_o he_o begin_v his_o book_n de_fw-fr discipl_n &_o hab_o virg_n pag._n mihi_fw-la 265._o when_o the_o martyr_n and_o confessor_n will_v upon_o other_o persuasion_n have_v have_v some_o offender_n restore_v before_o they_o have_v make_v confession_n and_o manifest_v open_o repentance_n for_o their_o sin_n and_o be_v absolve_v by_o the_o pastor_n cyprian_n resist_v it_o and_o tell_v they_o that_o they_o that_o stand_v so_o firm_o to_o the_o faith_n shall_v stand_v as_o firm_o to_o christ_n law_n and_o discipline_n 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habeant_fw-la in_o ecclesiarum_fw-la suarum_fw-la regimine_fw-la cum_fw-la beato_fw-la illo_fw-la cypriani_fw-la &_o aliorum_fw-la verè_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la christianorum_fw-la seculo_fw-la and_o cyprian_a epist_n 67._o p._n 199._o mention_v god_n threaten_n to_o negligent_a pastor_n add_v cum_fw-la ergo_fw-la pastoribus_fw-la talibus_fw-la per_fw-la quos_fw-la dominicae_fw-la oves_fw-la negligantur_fw-la &_o pereant_fw-la sic_fw-la dominus_fw-la comminetur_fw-la quid_fw-la nos_fw-la aliud_fw-la facere_fw-la oportet_fw-la quam_fw-la colligendis_fw-la &_o revocandis_fw-la christi_fw-la ovibus_fw-la exhibere_fw-la diligentiam_fw-la plenam_fw-la &_o curandis_fw-la lapsorum_fw-la vulneribus_fw-la paternae_fw-la pietatis_fw-la adhibere_fw-la medicinam_fw-la in_o epist_n 61._o 28_o 38_o 41_o 49_o 53_o 55._o and_o many_o other_o place_n of_o cyprian_a you_o may_v see_v that_o they_o be_v then_o no_o contemner_n of_o discipline_n vide_fw-la etiam_fw-la eundem_fw-la de_fw-fr orat._n 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