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
A78469	Certain desires for the settlement and improving of ministers meanes. In two letters: the first, resolving how ministers meanes should be raised, whether by tythes, the peoples benevolencie, or a certain set stypeud [sic] from the publike. The second, shewing how ministers meanes might be leavied, and gathered without any trouble or charge to them, equally distributed to their and the peoples content, & much improved without any wrong or injustice done to any. Published for the common good.		1646 (1646)	Wing C1699; Thomason E357_1; ESTC R201143	9,186	16

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