Selected quad for the lemma: faith_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
faith_n	church_n	council_n	trent_n	4,974	5	10.7107	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48029	A Letter from a Presbyterian minister to a member of Parliament		1693 (1693)	Wing L1429; ESTC R41463	8,102	13

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