Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	church_n	england_n	write_v	3,090	5	5.8086	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31008	Preparatory-grace in conversion briefly stated and examined / by Thomas Barnes.	Barnes, Thomas.	1699 (1699)	Wing B873; ESTC R25265	8,796	26

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