Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	good_a	grace_n	work_n	2,630	5	5.5140	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10826	Spirituall encrease: or, Conclusions for pacifying the perplexed conscience of the weake Christian	Robertson, Bartholomew, fl. 1620.	1621 (1621)	STC 21098.7; ESTC S114561	50,019	237

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