Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	forgive_v	mercy_n	sin_n	2,732	5	5.2615	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03025	Horæ succisivæ, or, Spare-houres of meditations upon our duty to [brace] God, others, our selves / by Ios. Henshaw.	Henshaw, Joseph, 1603-1679.	1631 (1631)	STC 13167.5; ESTC S2727	61,976	360

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