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	king_n	law_n	3,605	5	4.5202	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40403	An epistle written from Lucifer, Prince of darkness vnto his well-beloved children the persecuting popish prelats / set forth by Thomas Francklin.	Francklin, Thomas, 17th cent.	1642 (1642)	Wing F2089; ESTC R16114	4,337	10

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