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	speak_v	word_n	3,123	5	3.7835	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75734	Thunder from heaven against the back-sliders and apostates of the times. In some meditations on the 24 chapter of Isaiah. / By W.A.	Aspinwall, William, fl. 1648-1662.	1655 (1655)	Wing A4009; Thomason E831_26; ESTC R207507	30,084	39

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