Selected quad for the lemma: doctrine_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
doctrine_n	church_n	england_n	protestant_a	2,893	5	9.2918	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61505	James Stewart's answer to a letter writ by Mijn Heer Fagel, pensioner to the states of Holland & Wes Friesland concerning the repeal of the penal laws and tests.; Answer to a letter writ by Mijn Heer Fagel	Stewart, James, Sir, 1635-1713.	1688 (1688)	Wing S5533; ESTC R5013	18,365	38

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