Selected quad for the lemma: grace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	child_n	covenant_n	seal_n	2,756	5	9.5397	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96898	The Lords table. Whether it is to be spread like a table in an inne for all comers? That it ought not so be done is here maintained.	Woodward, Ezekias, 1590-1675.	1656 (1656)	Wing W3498; Thomason E880_7; ESTC R206596	63,848	77

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