Selected quad for the lemma: faith_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
faith_n	fundamental_a	point_n	protestant_n	5,493	5	9.7792	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50190	A brief relation of the state of New England from the beginning of that plantation to this present year, 1689 in a letter to a person of quality.	Mather, Increase, 1639-1723.; Kick, Abraham. To Her Royal Highness the Princess of Orange.; Mather, Increase, 1639-1723. De successu Evangelii apud Indos in Nova-Anglia epistola. English.	1689 (1689)	Wing M1189; ESTC R3614	12,192	22

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