Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	faith_n	gospel_n	word_n	7,083	5	4.4878	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16600	A consideration of certaine positions archiepiscopall	Bradshaw, William, 1571-1618.; Bradshaw, William, 1571-1618. Proposition. Concerning kneeling in the very act of receiving howsoever. aut	1605 (1605)	STC 3509; ESTC S115506	14,108	44

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