Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	earth_n	heaven_n	lord_n	1,504	5	3.7093	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65073	The saints nearness to God being a discourse upon part of the CXLVIII Psalm / written at the request of a friend by Richard Vines ...	Vines, Richard, 1600?-1656.; Drury, William.	1662 (1662)	Wing V567; ESTC R3254	27,474	152

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