Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	law_n	time_n	write_v	3,058	5	5.6338	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03692	The conduct and conveyance of our Fathers amd martyrs testimony in the Church of Scotland justified and continued. The paralel [sic] testimony in 38 and 49 reciprocal, with the present testimony against Popery, prelacy, liberty of conscience, stated and delineated, from the Bible, reason, and testimony of history. / By W.H., minister of the gospel, and prisoner at Edinburgh, January 9th, 1690.	Houschone, William.	1690 (1690)	Wing H2943; ESTC R178268	6,717	16

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