Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	heart_n	keep_v	lord_n	23,664	5	5.8036	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42355	Toward the vindication of the second commandment by Edm. Gurnay ...	Gurnay, Edmund, d. 1648.	1661 (1661)	Wing G2260B; ESTC R40533	26,448	84

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