Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	baptism_n	save_v	water_n	1,034	5	6.8585	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52355	A brief exposition of the First and Second Epistles general of Peter by Alexander Nisbet ...	Nisbet, Alexander, 1623-1669.	1658 (1658)	Wing N1165; ESTC R37734	248,842	354

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