Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	bread_n	eat_v	life_n	12,959	5	6.6561	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17322	[Dauids euidenece [sic], or, The assurance of Gods loue declared in seuen sermons.]	Burton, William, d. 1616.	1592 (1592)	STC 4170; ESTC S118394	78,154	178

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