Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	king_n	lord_n	parliament_n	20,596	5	6.9552	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91933	Diapoliteia. A Christian concertation with Mr. Prin, Mr. Baxter, Mr. Harrington, for the true cause of the Commonvvealth. Or, An answer to Mr. Prin's (perditory) anatomy of the Republick, and his true and perfect narrative, &c. To Mr. Baxter's (purgatory) pills for the Army: and his wounding answer to the healing question. With some soft reflections upon his Catholick (or rather Cathulactick) key; and an examen of the late petition of the sixth of July to this Parliament. In all which we have a most necessary vindication of the cause; of the honourable persons now in Parliament and Council, from the venome and vilification of their pens. By Joh. Rogers, thorugh grace kept (under many sufferings) a faithful servant to Jesus Christ, his cause and the Commonwealth.	Rogers, John, 1627-1665?	1659 (1659)	Wing R1806; Thomason E995_25; ESTC R207812	125,898	138

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against_o tarquin_n si_fw-la regnante_fw-la tarquinio_n nulla_fw-la erat_fw-la scripta_fw-la lex_fw-la de_fw-la stupris_fw-la etc._n etc._n tamen_fw-la vera_fw-la lex_fw-la est_fw-la recta_fw-la ratio_fw-la naturae_fw-la congruens_fw-la diffusa_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la constans_n sempiterna_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v not_o a_o write_a but_o a_o innate_a rule_n which_o be_v as_o chrysostome_n rhetorical_o tell_v we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o self-disciplining_a or_o fundamental_a law_n that_o be_v plant_v in_o the_o very_o be_v of_o mankind_n and_o from_o thence_o it_o bud_n blossom_n fructify_v and_o dilate_v into_o the_o fair_a branch_n of_o morality_n righteousness_n so_o that_o if_o there_o be_v no_o law_n write_v say_v the_o orator_n during_o the_o reign_n of_o tarquin_n to_o check_v his_o lust_n yet_o right_o reason_n be_v a_o sufficient_a law_n of_o a_o excellent_a complexion_n and_o congruity_n with_o nature_n and_o of_o as_o admirable_a a_o latitude_n diffusion_n 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etc._n etc._n mr._n baxier_n second_v he_o with_o as_o agile_a a_o notion_n in_o his_o head_n and_o motion_n from_o his_o heart_n to_o the_o army_n for_o their_o readmission_n the_o truth_n be_v it_o be_v all_o the_o way_n observable_a how_o prinian_n mr._n baxter_n word_n and_o argument_n be_v for_o law_n and_o how_o baxterian_a mr._n prynne_n proof_n be_v for_o scripture_n yet_o as_o plato_n once_o say_v of_o diogenes_n illu_z esse_fw-la socratem_n insanum_fw-la &_o furentem_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o be_v no_o other_o than_o socrates_n rage_v and_o mad_a and_o socrates_n be_v but_o a_o sober_a cynic_n or_o diogenes_n so_o indeed_o mr._n b._n be_v but_o mr._n p._n in_o more_o sobriety_n and_o mr._n p._n be_v but_o mr._n b._n in_o more_o bitterness_n and_o asperity_n but_o sure_a neither_o of_o they_o can_v think_v we_o so_o far_o out_o of_o our_o wit_n or_o beside_o our_o sense_n and_o nescient_fw-la of_o the_o history_n and_o state_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n whatever_o they_o 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