Selected quad for the lemma: concern_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
concern_n	good_a	great_a	part_n	41	5	4.5542	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93862	Theologica mystica two discourses concerning divine communications to souls duly disposed ...	Stephens, Edward, d. 1706.	1697 (1697)	Wing S5444; ESTC R42916	66,591	136

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