Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	grace_n	grow_v	growth_n	1,564	5	11.7957	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40356	Time and the end of time, or, Two discourses, the first about redemption of time, the second about consideration of our latter end by John Fox.	Fox, John, fl. 1676.	1670 (1670)	Wing F2024; ESTC R10455	99,064	254

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