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	hold_v	scripture_n	1,671	5	6.1862	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81533	A discovery of some of the sins of the ministry, made in a confession, published some years since by divers ministers, and now made publick again, for its usefulnesse, as briefly comprehending the chief duties of that great and weighty work of the ministry.		1660 (1660)	Wing D1648; Thomason E1878_2; ESTC R209839	6,375	16

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