Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	day_n	lord_n	sabbath_n	2,571	5	9.5859	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27597	A disquisition upon our Saviour's sanction of tithes, Matth. 23, 23 and Luke 11, 42 wherein that whole case is most impartially stated and resolved according to express scripture for the satisfaction of all scruples.	Beverley, Thomas.	1685 (1685)	Wing B2139; ESTC R34408	20,611	36

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