Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	lord_n	time_n	word_n	2,444	5	3.7698	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62397	The discovery of witchcraft proving that the compacts and contracts of witches with devils and all infernal spirits or familiars are but erroneous novelties and imaginary conceptions : also discovering, how far their power extendeth in killing, tormenting, consuming, or curing the bodies of men, women, children, or animals by charms, philtres, periapts, pentacles, curses, and conjurations : wherein likewise the unchristian practices and inhumane dealings of searchers and witch-tryers upon aged, melancholly, and superstitious people, in extorting confessions by terrors and tortures, and in devising false marks and symptoms, are notably detected ... : in sixteen books / by Reginald Scot ... ; whereunto is added an excellent Discourse of the nature and substance of devils and spirits, in two books : the first by the aforesaid author, the second now added in this third edition ... conducing to the compleating of the whole work, with nine chapters at the beginning of the fifteenth [sic] book of The discovery.; Discoverie of witchcraft	Scot, Reginald, 1538?-1599.; Scot, Reginald, 1538?-1599. Discourse concerning the nature and substance of devils and spirits.	1665 (1665)	Wing S945A; ESTC R20054	529,066	395

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and_o constrain_v this_o spirit_n of_o n._n that_o he_o may_v be_v obedient_a unto_o i_o and_o may_v fulfil_v his_o oath_n and_o promise_n at_o all_o time_n by_o the_o power_n of_o all_o thy_o holiness_n this_o grant_n o_o lord_n god_n of_o host_n as_o thou_o be_v righteous_a and_o holy_a and_o as_o thou_o be_v the_o word_n and_o the_o word_n god_n the_o beginning_n and_o the_o end_n sit_v in_o the_o throne_n of_o thy_o everlasting_a kingdom_n and_o in_o the_o divinity_n of_o thy_o everlasting_a godhead_n to_o who_o be_v all_o honour_n and_o glory_n now_o and_o for_o ever_o und_fw-ge ever_o amen_o amen_n chap._n xxvii_o a_o bond_n to_o bind_v he_o to_o thou_o and_o to_o thy_o n._n as_o follow_v bond_n i_o conjure_v and_o constrain_v the_o spirit_n of_o n._n by_o the_o live_a god_n by_o the_o true_a god_n and_o by_o the_o holy_a god_n and_o by_o their_o virtue_n and_o power_n i_o conjure_v and_o constrain_v the_o spirit_n of_o thou_o n._n that_o thou_o shall_v not_o ascend_v nor_o 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