Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	world_n	worship_v	wrath_n	24	3	7.9710	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43754	A brief relation of the irreligion of the northern Quakers wherein their horrid principles and practices, doctrines and manners ... are plainly exposed to the view of every intelligent reader : together with a (brief reply) to some part of a very scurilous and lying pamphlet called.	Higginson, Francis, 1617-1670.; Fox, George, 1624-1691. Sauls errand to Damascus.	1653 (1653)	Wing H1953; ESTC R34465	75,893	103

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