Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	good_a	soul_n	spirit_n	2,532	5	4.7741	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43137	A sermon preacht before the King at Whitehall, November the XXX, 1673 by Roger Hayward.	Hayward, Roger, 1639-1680.	1673 (1673)	Wing H1235; ESTC R25423	16,545	35

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