Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	heaven_n	life_n	name_n	2,965	5	5.6454	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49476	A sermon preached before the King at White-Hall being the last sermon preached at court / by the right reverend father in God Benjamin Laney ...	Laney, Benjamin, 1591-1675.	1675 (1675)	Wing L350; ESTC R7415	13,539	35

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