Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	apostle_n	heaven_n	speak_v	3,187	5	4.6801	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41030	The character of the last daies a sermon preached before the King / by John Fell.	Fell, John, 1625-1686.	1675 (1675)	Wing F607; ESTC R6424	13,719	28

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