Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	bishop_n	consent_n	presbyter_n	2,792	5	10.0660	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55668	Prelacie is miserie, or, The suppressing of prelaticall goverment [sic] and establishing of provintiall, and nationall Sinods, is a hopefull meanes to make a flourishing church, and happie kingdome		1641 (1641)	Wing P3211; ESTC R21720	4,495	12

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