Selected quad for the lemma: body_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
body_n	blood_n	bread_n	eucharist_n	7,908	5	10.6195	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27016	A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ... / by Richard Baxter.	Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1662 (1662)	Wing B1382; ESTC R6046	353,617	442

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