Selected quad for the lemma: grace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	covenant_n	new_a	testament_n	8,783	5	9.2103	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77174	Epidiorthōsis or a modest enquiry into the nature and state of churches. In order to their through-reformation. By Thomas Boyer minister at Rempston in Nottinghamshire.	Boyer, Thomas, b. 1627 or 8.	1659 (1659)	Wing B3920; Thomason E1929_2; ESTC R209993	18,874	81

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