Selected quad for the lemma: grace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	sin_n	turn_v	wantonness_n	3,327	5	12.0665	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51703	Of holy living first a serious exhortation thereunto : secondly choice directions therein, both for every working and for every Lords-day.	Mall, Thomas, b. 1629 or 30.	1668 (1668)	Wing M335; ESTC R6533	19,287	67

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