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	member_n	mystical_a	1,520	5	10.6674	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59882	A sermon preached at the Temple-Church, May 29. 1692 printed at the desire of the Bench-Table of the honourable Society of the Inner-Temple / by William Sherlock ...	Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.	1692 (1692)	Wing S3353; ESTC R15520	10,506	31

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