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	scripture_n	tradition_n	15,184	5	9.5685	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55426	Room for a ballad, or, A ballad for Rome being a continuation of the Catholick ballad inviting to popery, upon the grounds and reasons that could ever yet be produced.	Pope, Walter, d. 1714.	1675 (1675)	Wing P2915; ESTC R30115	2,341	2

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