Selected quad for the lemma: diversity_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
diversity_n	body_n	gift_n	operation_n	454	5	9.5544	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33748	A practical discourse of God's sovereignty with other meterial points, deriving thence.	Coles, Elisha, 1608?-1688.	1673 (1673)	Wing C5064A; ESTC R12638	214,951	286

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