Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	find_v	great_a	time_n	2,975	5	3.1999	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42057	Christ a Christian's life: Or, a practical discourse of a believer's life derived from Christ, and resolved into Christ. Being the substance of several sermons preach'd by the author upon his recovery from a fit of sickenss, and now extorted from him by the importunity of friends. By John Gammon, minister of the gospel, and pastor of a congregation in White-Chappel.	Gammon, John.	1691 (1691)	Wing G190; ESTC R216433	173,217	426

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