Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	word_n	world_n	write_a	341	4	10.1139	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81812	The fulnesse and freenesse of Gods grace in Iesus Christ; declared in the point of election, by a middle way betweene Calvin and Arminius, and different from them both, in an uniforme body of divinitie. By Francis Duke.; Fulnesse and freenesse of Gods grace in Jesus Christ. Part 1.	Duke, Francis.	1642 (1642)	Wing D2501; Thomason E146_23; ESTC R22338	174,028	185

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