Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	church_n	faith_n	true_a	5,913	5	5.6645	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19808	A new ballad intituled, Daniels siftyng in these our dayes aptly applyed to the true preachers of the Gospell. What God hath wylled vs, to that good eare geue: for Daniels are abroad: siftyng with their seeue.		1572 (1572)	STC 6235; ESTC S121736	2,065	1

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