Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	king_n	lord_n	people_n	9,120	5	5.0289	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94220	Plenary possession makes a lawfull power: or Subjection to powers that are in being proved to be lawfull and necessary, in a sermon / preached before the judges in Exeter March 23. 1650. By Richard Saunders, preacher of the Gospel at Kentisbeer in Devon.	Saunders, Richard, d. 1692.	1651 (1651)	Wing S756; Thomason E638_5; ESTC R203482	25,884	32

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