Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	glory_n	mercy_n	sin_n	3,118	5	4.8945	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70325	Mercy in her beauty, or, The height of a deliverance from the depth of danger set forth in the first sermon preached upon that occasion / by Nath. Hardy.	Hardy, Nathaniel, 1618-1670.	1653 (1653)	Wing H736; ESTC R9862	38,712	41

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