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	infallibility_n	infallible_a	6,723	5	9.8615	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81577	A short essay of modern divinity, by Robert Dixon. D.D.	Dixon, Robert, d. 1688.	1681 (1681)	Wing D1748A; ESTC R231408	33,711	62

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