Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	air_n	body_n	heaven_n	2,671	5	5.3530	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29097	Apostate men fit objects of divine care and compassion a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, February the 6th, 1698/9, being the second for this year of the lecture founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq. / by Samuel Bradford ...	Bradford, Samuel, 1652-1731.	1699 (1699)	Wing B4107; ESTC R19973	15,105	36

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