Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	evil_a	good_a	sin_n	3,208	5	4.9732	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45556	Love and fear the inseparable twins of a blest matrimony : characterized in a sermon occasioned by the late nuptialls between Mr. William Christmas and Mrs. Elizabeth Adams / Preached by Nathanael Hardy.	Hardy, Nathaniel, 1618-1670.	1658 (1658)	Wing H733; ESTC R28059	27,576	36

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