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
A48824	Papists no Catholicks, and popery no Christianity	Lloyd, William, 1627-1717.	1677 (1677)	Wing L2688; ESTC R20529	17,492	16

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