Selected quad for the lemma: judgement_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
judgement_n	according_a	good_a	law_n	1,772	5	4.6269	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78280	The Case of using or forbearing the establish'd liturgie, during the late troublesome times, and prohibition of it by the then usurpers.		1672 (1672)	Wing C1191A; ESTC R173505	15,248	44

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