Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	apostle_n	church_n	creed_n	1,331	5	10.2664	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41591	An amicable accommodation of the difference between the representer and the answerer in return to his last reply against the papist protesting against Protestant popery.	Gother, John, d. 1704.	1686 (1686)	Wing G1325A; ESTC R201691	19,896	44

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