Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	church_n	divine_a	tradition_n	2,510	5	9.4719	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36018	Protestant certainty, or, A short treatise shewing how a Protestant may be well assured of the articles of his faith	Dillingham, William, 1617?-1689.	1689 (1689)	Wing D1485; ESTC R1392	22,130	40

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