Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	case_n	church_n	conscience_n	3,056	5	7.6044	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58497	Remarks on the Quakers case, deliver'd to the Parliament		1648 (1648)	Wing R935B; ESTC N12688	882	2

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