Selected quad for the lemma: knowledge_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	law_n	sin_n	transgression_n	3,416	5	11.8881	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08770	The compasse of a Christian directing them that be tossed in the vvaues of this vvorlde vnto Christ Iesus.	A. P., fl. 1582.	1582 (1582)	STC 19054; ESTC S102898	60,800	156

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