Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	believe_v	church_n	faith_n	6,569	5	5.7915	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47296	Five discourses on so many very important points of practical religion by John Kettlewell ... ; with a preface giving some account of the author's life.	Kettlewell, John, 1653-1695.	1696 (1696)	Wing K367; ESTC R17624	70,803	182

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