Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	believe_v	faith_n	reason_n	4,345	5	5.9961	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57233	The necessity of a well experienced souldiery, or, A Christian common wealth ought to be well instructed & experienced in the military art delivered in a sermon, upon an artillery election June the 10th, 1675, by J.R.	J. R. (John Richardson), 1647-1696.	1679 (1679)	Wing R1388; ESTC W8948	11,735	18

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