Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	earth_n	heaven_n	militant_a	4,766	5	11.7120	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09506	Gods visitation in a sermon preached at Leicester, at an ordinary visitation. By T.P.	Pestell, Thomas, 1584?-1659?	1630 (1630)	STC 19788; ESTC S107478	22,551	46

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