Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	call_v	read_v	scripture_n	2,637	5	5.6074	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44530	The happy ascetick, or, The best exercise to which is added A letter to a person of quality, concerning the holy lives of the primitive Christians / by Anthony Horneck ...	Horneck, Anthony, 1641-1697.	1681 (1681)	Wing H2839; ESTC R4618	230,083	562

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