Selected quad for the lemma: concern_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
concern_n	apostle_n	faith_n	great_a	6	3	2.0729	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66401	Sermons and discourses on several occasions by William Wake ...; Sermons. Selections	Wake, William, 1657-1737.	1690 (1690)	Wing W271; ESTC R17962	210,099	546

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