Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	apostle_n	bishop_n	succession_n	9,913	5	9.7671	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40079	The fourth note of the church examined, viz. Amplitude, or multitude and variety of believers	Fowler, Edward, 1632-1714.	1687 (1687)	Wing F1705; ESTC R32229	12,032	24

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