Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	hear_v	heaven_n	lord_n	12,669	5	4.3335	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50148	A pastoral letter to the English captives, in Africa, from New-England	Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.	1698 (1698)	Wing M1137; ESTC R19432	8,003	18

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