Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	sin_n	transgress_v	transgression_n	6,224	5	10.7950	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62543	Mr. Tillinghast's eight last sermons ... to which is added The idols abolished, being his notes on Isa. 2: 18.	Tillinghast, John, 1604-1655.	1655 (1655)	Wing T1170; ESTC R2804	172,569	306

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