Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	according_a	church_n	law_n	3,191	5	4.8145	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25528	An answer to A letter to a dissenter, upon occasion of His Majesties late gracious declaration of indulgence.	L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.	1687 (1687)	Wing A3319; Wing L1196_CANCELLED; ESTC R6343	5,169	8

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