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	faith_n	scripture_n	5,932	5	6.0033	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69075	Christian religion: substantially, methodicalli[e,] [pla]inlie, and profitablie treatised	Cartwright, Thomas, 1535-1603.	1611 (1611)	STC 4707.5; ESTC S118584	158,929	324

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