Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	church_n	great_a	minister_n	1,301	5	6.3461	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11457	Tvvo sermons: preached at tvvo severall visitations, at Boston, in the diocesse and country of Lincolne. By Robert Sanderson, Bachelour of Diuinitie, and late fellow of Lincolne Colledge in Oxford	Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663.	1622 (1622)	STC 21708; ESTC S112208	62,742	104

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