Selected quad for the lemma: doctrine_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
doctrine_n	part_n	reason_n	use_v	19,787	5	9.8748	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73399	An examination and confutation of a lawlesse pamphlet, intituled, A briefe answer to a late treatise of the Sabbath-day: digested dialogue-wise betweene two divines, A and B. By Dr. Fr. White, L. Bishop of Ely	White, Francis, 1564?-1638.; White, Francis, 1564?-1638. Treatise of the Sabbath-day.	1637 (1637)	STC 25379.5; ESTC S124620	96,141	174

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