Selected quad for the lemma: doctrine_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
doctrine_n	faith_n	good_a	life_n	4,274	5	4.6552	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70494	Looke about you the plot of Contzen, the Moguntine Jesuite, to cheate a church of the religion established therein and to serve in popery by art without noise or tumult.	Contzen, Adam, 1571-1635.; Catholicke spy.	1641 (1641)	Wing L3004; ESTC R3958	21,847	32

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