Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	heart_n	law_n	write_v	3,285	5	6.1567	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36559	A spiritual repository containing Godly meditations demonstrated by 12 signs of our adoption to eternal glory / by H. Drexelius ; and now translated into English by R.W. of Trinity College Cambridge.	Drexel, Jeremias, 1581-1638.	1676 (1676)	Wing D2186; ESTC R31370	120,851	391

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