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	scripture_n	spirit_n	1,691	5	5.0206	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08800	The true Catholike Collected out of the oracles, and psalteries of the Holy Ghost. for instruction, and deuotion.	Fernández de Ribera, Rodrigo, 1579-1631.; Packer, Thomas, fl. 1628-1637.	1628 (1628)	STC 19085; ESTC S100465	49,141	292

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