Selected quad for the lemma: faith_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
faith_n	authority_n	believe_v	church_n	17,532	5	5.3646	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91786	A few ingredients against the venom in William Roger's book, stiled, The Christian-Quaker distinguished, &c.	Richardson, Richard, 1623?-1689.	1681 (1681)	Wing R1394; ESTC R42313	8,214	24

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