Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	good_a	seed_n	tare_n	1,657	5	12.7414	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93733	The cause and cure of divisions: or, The way and means for all Chr[istians] (however they are distinguished [or] named) to come to unity Demonstrated and pointed out from the scriptures of truth; by Richard Stafford, a scribe instructed therein.	Stafford, Richard, 1663-1703.	1699 (1699)	Wing S5109; ESTC R230354	13,703	16

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