Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	day_n	read_v	scripture_n	2,489	5	5.7031	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12185	A glance of Heaven, or, A pretious taste of a glorious feast wherein thou mayst taste and see those things which God hath prepared for them that love him / By R. Sibs ...	Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635.; Seaman, Lazarus, d. 1675.	1638 (1638)	STC 22497; ESTC S5102	68,749	298

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