Selected quad for the lemma: faith_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
faith_n	catholic_n	church_n	creed_n	5,623	5	10.8449	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61494	A brief but full vindication of the Church of England from the Romanist's charge of schism.	Steward, Richard, 1593?-1651.	1688 (1688)	Wing S5517; ESTC R33857	21,943	36

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