Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	darkness_n	death_n	job_n	1,442	5	9.6089	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41751	Theophilie, or, A discourse of the saints amitie with God in Christ by Theophilus Gale.	Gale, Theophilus, 1628-1678.	1671 (1671)	Wing G149; ESTC R27378	246,253	474

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