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
A77496	Church reformation, tenderly handled in fovre sermons, preached at the weekly lecture in the parish church of Great Yarmouth. / By John Brinsley.	Brinsley, John, 1600-1665.	1643 (1643)	Wing B4711; Thomason E55_7; ESTC R14020	53,339	78

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