Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	father_n	great_a	lord_n	5,746	5	3.6147	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68116	The blessed'st birth that euer was: or, The blessed birth of our Lord and Sauior Iesus Christ Preached at the Fleet, the 25. of Decem: A. Dom. 1627. By Henry Greenvvood preacher of the word of God.	Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5.	1634 (1634)	STC 12332A; ESTC S113901	12,140	45

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