Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	according_a	jesus_n	lord_n	2,931	5	3.1366	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75227	A New-Years gift: or, Advice to a god-son. By P.A. Gent.	P. A., Gent.	1696 (1696)	Wing A25A; ESTC R203728	16,553	78

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