Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	great_a	let_v	sin_n	3,204	5	4.8509	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44418	A sermon preach'd before the King at Kensington, Sunday, Jan. 20. 1695 by Geo. Hooper ...	Hooper, George, 1640-1727.	1695 (1695)	Wing H2709; ESTC R228924	11,718	30

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