Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	faith_n	justification_n	justify_v	18,040	5	9.2485	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56075	Protestancy destitute of Scripture-proofs		1687 (1687)	Wing P3817; ESTC R217047	5,943	12

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