Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	holy_a	prophet_n	scripture_n	3,225	5	5.6489	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32896	A Christian's journal, or, Brief directions for devotion and conversation		1684 (1684)	Wing C3956; ESTC R43093	58,065	347

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