Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	believe_v	church_n	true_a	3,575	5	5.5793	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59895	Some seasonable reflections on the discovery of the late plot being a sermon preacht on that occasion / by William Sherlock ...	Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.	1683 (1683)	Wing S3366; ESTC R10020	18,258	32

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