Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	act_n	apostle_n	church_n	2,046	5	4.4187	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32778	Words in season useful for those whose hearts are engaged to serve the will of God in this generation / from Abraham Cheare.	Cheare, Abraham, d. 1668.	1668 (1668)	Wing C3763; ESTC R24264	172,885	317

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