Selected quad for the lemma: father_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
father_n	holy_a	person_n	trinity_n	21,868	5	10.1111	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67411	Theological discourses, in two parts the first containing VIII letters and III sermons concerning the blessed Trinity : the second, discourses & sermons on several occasions / by John Wallis ...	Wallis, John, 1616-1703.	1695 (1695)	Wing W607A; ESTC R34712	12,898	16

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