Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	good_a	holy_a	scripture_n	3,042	5	5.5201	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28533	Several treatises of Jacob Behme not printed in English before ... : to which are annexed the exposition of the table of the three principles : also an epistle of the knowledge of God, and of all things, and of the true and false light : with a table of the revelation of the divine secret mystery / Englished by John Sparrow.; Selections. English. 1661	Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.; Sparrow, John, 1615-1665?	1661 (1661)	Wing B3418; ESTC R21811	234,994	342

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