Selected quad for the lemma: judgement_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
judgement_n	lord_n	speak_v	word_n	5,998	5	4.2483	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30632	The nature of church-government freely discussed and set out in three letters.	Burthogge, Richard, 1638?-ca. 1700.	1691 (1691)	Wing B6152; ESTC R30874	61,000	56

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