Selected quad for the lemma: faith_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
faith_n	believe_v	church_n	err_v	4,831	5	9.7259	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41756	The Grand imposture, or, The mystery of iniquity a satyr.		1679 (1679)	Wing G1497; ESTC R16312	3,380	10

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