Selected quad for the lemma: doctrine_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
doctrine_n	miracle_n	prove_v	wrought_v	2,119	5	9.1238	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44683	The living temple, or, A designed improvement of that notion that a good man is the temple of God by John Howe ...	Howe, John, 1630-1705.	1675 (1675)	Wing H3032; ESTC R4554	157,616	292

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