Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	king_n	let_v	time_n	1,504	5	3.4958	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65422	Popery anatomized, or, A learned, pious, and elaborat treatise wherein many of the greatest and weightiest points of controversie, between us and papists, are handled, and the truth of our doctrine clearly proved : and the falshood of their religion and doctrine anatomized, and laid open, and most evidently convicted and confuted by Scripture, fathers, and also by some of their own popes, doctors, cardinals, and of their own writers : in answer to M. Gilbert Brown, priest / by that learned, singularly pious, and eminently faithful servant of Jesus Christ M. John Welsch ...; Reply against Mr. Gilbert Browne, priest	Welch, John, 1568?-1622.; Craford, Matthew. Brief discovery of the bloody, rebellious and treasonable principles and practises of papists.	1672 (1672)	Wing W1312; ESTC R38526	397,536	586

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13.11_o &_o 9.1_o but_o because_o they_o receive_v not_o the_o love_n of_o the_o truth_n but_o have_v pleasure_n in_o unrighteousness_n as_o the_o apostle_n say_v 2._o thes_n 2.12_o now_o if_o god_n spare_v not_o they_o but_o give_v they_o over_o to_o a_o most_o fearful_a bondage_n both_o of_o soul_n and_o body_n both_o spiritual_a and_o corporal_a temporal_a and_o eternal_a how_o shall_v we_o not_o fear_v as_o great_a or_o rather_o great_a judgement_n see_v we_o have_v all_o these_o as_o example_n before_o we_o to_o have_v forewarn_v we_o and_o to_o have_v make_v we_o to_o fear_v for_o we_o be_v not_o to_o think_v as_o our_o saviour_n say_v to_o the_o galilean_n that_o they_o

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