Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	body_n	church_n	mystical_a	1,148	5	10.4023	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60193	A consolatory letter to an afflicted conscience full of pious admonitions and divine instructions / written by that famous divine, Doctor Sibes ...	Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635.	1641 (1641)	Wing S3733; ESTC R9187	3,327	10

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