Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	church_n	law_n	matter_n	2,980	5	5.2921	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33531	English-law, or, A summary survey of the houshold of God on earth and that both before and under the law, and that both of Moses and the Lord Jesus : historically opening the purity and apostacy of believers in the successions of ages, to this present : together with an essay of Christian government under the regiment of our Lord and King, the one immortal, invisible, infinite, eternal, universal prince, the Prince of Peace, Emmanuel.	Cock, Charles George.	1651 (1651)	Wing C4789; ESTC R37185	322,702	228

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chap._n 69._o pag._n 187._o show_v 1_o breed_n able_a mariner_n of_o necessity_n to_o this_o nation_n 2_o how_o to_o breed_v they_o or_o how_o they_o be_v best_a breed_v 3_o how_o to_o encourage_v and_o settle_v they_o 4_o a_o consideration_n of_o the_o season_n call_v lent_n 5_o what_o the_o magistrate_n may_v do_v in_o it_o 6_o objection_n against_o it_o religious_a and_o physical_a 7_o two_o way_n offer_v to_o salve_v all_o the_o first_o religious_a the_o other_o politic_a and_o not_o unjust_a for_o its_o general_a 8_o the_o benefit_n consider_v and_o some_o law_n fit_v to_o be_v establish_v universal_o chap_n 70._o pag._n 188._o show_v 1_o custom_n receive_v engage_v to_o secure_v the_o sea_n 2_o the_o magistrate_n not_o bind_v to_o secure_v all_o but_o to_o employ_v a_o sufficient_a guard_n 3_o yet_o the_o loss_n by_o piracy_n be_v to_o be_v in_o some_o sort_n defray_v out_o of_o the_o advantage_n of_o prize_n 4_o case_n wherein_o there_o ought_v to_o be_v no_o satisfaction_n 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