Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	earth_n	let_v	people_n	10,338	5	5.1151	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45328	An apologie for the ministry and its maintenance wherein is set forth the necessity, dignity and efficacy of a gospel-ministry against the Socinians, Swenckfieldians, Weigelians, Anabaptists, Enthusiasts, Familists, Seekers, Quakers, Levellers, Libertines and the rest of that rout ... / by Tho. Hall.	Hall, Thomas, 1610-1665.; Shaw, Samuel, 1635-1696.	1660 (1660)	Wing H425A; ESTC R28055	88,780	120

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his_o servant_n kill_v he_o upon_o his_o bed_n 2._o chro._n 24._o elymas_n withstand_v paul_n and_o he_o be_v strike_v blind_a upon_o it_o act_n 13._o we_o know_v the_o sad_a desolation_n of_o jerusalem_n that_o have_v kill_v the_o prophet_n and_o stone_v god_n '_o be_v minister_n and_o what_o befall_v the_o whole_a b●dy_n of_o the_o jewish_a people_n who_o kill_v the_o lord_n of_o life_n and_o evil_a entreat_v his_o apostle_n any_o body_n can_v tell_v it_o be_v do_v unto_o they_o according_a to_o the_o sentence_n which_o themselves_o pass_v upon_o such_o offender_n mat._n 21._o 41._o now_o if_o god_n spare_v not_o jerusalem_n because_o of_o the_o injury_n do_v to_o his_o minister_n 2._o chron._n 36._o 15_o 16._o 17._o how_o shall_v he_o spare_v the_o hater_n and_o despiser_n both_o of_o his_o minister_n and_o ministry_n shall_v not_o the_o like_a cause_n produce_v the_o like_a effect_n be_v not_o god_n always_o like_o himself_o and_o if_o the_o man_n that_o refuse_v to_o hearken_v 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