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	year_n	6,667	5	4.9758	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15298	Tvvo short treatises, against the orders of the begging friars, compiled by that famous doctour of the Church, and preacher of Gods word John Wickliffe, sometime fellow of Merton, and master of Ballioll Coll. in Oxford, and afterwards parson of Lutterworth in Lecestershire. Faithfully printed according to two ancient manuscript copies, extant, the one in Benet Colledge in Cambridge, the other remaining in the publike librarie at Oxford	Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.; James, Thomas, 1573?-1629.	1608 (1608)	STC 25589; ESTC S121923	41,431	74

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almighty_a since_o they_o loven_v more_o worldly_a muck_n than_o virtue_n and_o the_o love_n of_o jesus_n christ._n cap_n 47._o friar_n dead_a unto_o the_o wordle_n but_o raise_v by_o antichrist_n to_o pride_n covetousness_n and_o maintenance_n of_o sin_n have_v also_o show_v &_o witnessen_v in_o themselves_o antichrist_n miracle_n right_o as_o lazar_n and_o other_o raise_v by_o christ_n sheweden_fw-mi and_o witnesseden_fw-mi christ_n miracle_n for_o as_o lazar_n and_o other_o weren_a very_o dead_a and_o very_o raise_v by_o christ_n to_o live_v of_o kind_n &_o grace_n so_o these_o friars●…ainen_n ●…ainen_z they_o dead_a to_o pride_n of_o the_o world_n &_o other_o sin_n but_o they_o be_v raise_v by_o antichristes_n do_v to_o pride_n of_o state_n covetise_n and_o subtle_a maintain_n or_o colour_v of_o sin_n for_o though_o man_n be_v curse_a avowterer_n extortioner_n and_o wrongful_a maintainer_n of_o falseness_n and_o debate_n yet_o friar_n will_v colour_v these_o sin_n and_o undertake_v 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