Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	call_v	church_n	time_n	3,316	5	3.5270	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29512	Brightmans predictions and prophecies vvritten 46 yeares since : concerning the three churches of Germanie, England, and Scotland : fore-telling the miserie of Germanie, the fall of the pride of bishops in England by the assistance of the Scottish Kirk : all which should happen, as he foretold, between the yeares of 36 and 41, &c.	Brightman, Thomas, 1562-1607. Apocalypsis Apocalypseos.; Brightman, Thomas, 1562-1607. Judgement or prophesies, what shall befall Germany, Scotland, Holland, and the churches adhering to them.	1641 (1641)	Wing B4690; ESTC R10614	4,712	9

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