Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	apostle_n	know_v	word_n	2,025	5	3.9187	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51605	Saving faith and pride of life inconsisent delivered in a sermon, preached before the then commissioners of the Common-wealth of England for the affairs of Ireland, at Christ-Church in Dublin / by John Murcot ...	Murcot, John, 1625-1654.	1656 (1656)	Wing M3082; ESTC R32107	17,348	32

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