Selected quad for the lemma: faith_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
faith_n	article_n	church_n	creed_n	8,288	5	10.3077	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62952	Pharisaism display'd, or Hypocrisie detected In a sermon preached in St. Mary's Church in Stamford, August the 21st, 1690. Being the triennial visitation of the right Reverend father in God, Thomas Lord Bishop of Lincoln. By George Topham, prebendary of Lincoln.	Topham, George, d. 1694.	1690 (1690)	Wing T1907; ESTC R220704	11,882	34

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