Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	new_a	old_a	testament_n	23,958	5	8.6166	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50544	A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Major and aldermen, &c. at Guild-Hall Chappel, January the 30th 1673/4 by Richard Meggott ...	Meggott, Richard, d. 1692.	1674 (1674)	Wing M1621; ESTC R19569	17,210	52

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