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
A65568	The state of blessedness by W.W.	W. W., M.A. and chaplain to a person of honour.	1681 (1681)	Wing W153; ESTC R26302	19,505	32

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