Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	book_n	church_n	common_a	3,108	5	6.3089	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64159	The Brownists conventicle, or, An assemble of Brownists, separatists, and non-conformists as they met together at a private house to heare a sermon of a brother of theirs neere Algate, being a learned felt-maker contayning the whole discourse of his exposition with the manner and forme of his preaching, praying, giving thankes before and after dinner and supper : as it was lately heard and now	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1641 (1641)	Wing T436; ESTC R532	7,363	11

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