Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	believe_v	faith_n	perform_v	1,107	5	7.0827	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39199	A Free and impartial inquiry into the causes of that very great esteem and honour that the non-conforming preachers are generally in with their followers in a letter to his honoured friend H.M. / by a lover of the Church of England and unfeigned piety ; to which is added a discourse on 1 Tim. 4:7 to some of the clergy at a publick meeting.	Eachard, John, 1636?-1697.; H. M.; Lover of the Church of England and unfeigned piety.	1673 (1673)	Wing E47; ESTC R23207	51,018	205

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etc._n finis_fw-la license_v april_n 9_o 1673._o roger_n l'estrange_n