Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	bind_v	earth_n	loose_v	5,255	5	10.5190	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63532	The true interest of the legal English Protestants, stated in a letter to a present member of the House of Commons concerning the test		1687 (1687)	Wing T2714A; ESTC R219806	3,708	4

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