Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	better_a	enemy_n	good_a	892	5	3.1221	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29503	Six sermons preached before the late incomparable princess Queen Mary, at White-Hall with several additions and large annotations to the discourse of justification by faith / by George Bright ...	G. B. (George Bright), d. 1696.	1695 (1695)	Wing B4675; ESTC R36514	108,334	272

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