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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
body_n	build_v	church_n	zion_n	54	3	9.2151	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29533	Two treatises both lately delivered to the Church of God at Great Yarmouth, and now published as useful and seasonable by John Brinsley ...	Brinsley, John, 1600-1665.	1656 (1656)	Wing B4736; ESTC R36519	171,517	320

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