Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	church_n	doctrine_n	protestant_a	2,804	5	9.5455	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70687	Doctor Wallis's letter touching the doctrine of the blessed Trinity answer'd by his friend.	Nye, Stephen, 1648?-1719.	1691 (1691)	Wing N1506A; ESTC R211864	15,046	16

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