Selected quad for the lemma: knowledge_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	faith_n	patience_n	temperance_n	4,962	5	11.6128	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41823	The prisoners vindication with a sober expostulation and reprehension of persecutors / by John Gratton.	Gratton, John, 1641-1712.	1683 (1683)	Wing G1585B; ESTC R28044	20,540	36

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