Selected quad for the lemma: judgement_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
judgement_n	authority_n	holy_a	scripture_n	1,551	5	5.6936	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44455	Animadversions on Mr Johnson's answer to Jovian in three letters to a country-friend.	Hopkins, William, 1647-1700.	1691 (1691)	Wing H2753; ESTC R20836	74,029	140

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