Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	humane_a	law_n	obligation_n	1,134	5	9.8189	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54406	A discourse of toleration in answer to a late book intitutled A discourse of the religion of England.	Perrinchief, Richard, 1623?-1673.	1668 (1668)	Wing P1593B; ESTC R36669	46,325	62

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