Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	ancient_a	church_n	father_n	2,262	5	4.7708	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93414	A gagg for the Quakers, with an answer to Mr. Denn's Quaker no Papist.	Smith, Thomas, 1623 or 4-1661.	1659 (1659)	Wing S4231bA; Thomason E764_2; ESTC R207100	18,205	20

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