Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	day_n	heart_n	time_n	10,224	5	3.5191	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79734	A grave and serious advice of the ministers of the Kirk of Scotland to masters of families that they may govern according to the word of God.	Church of Scotland.; Ker, A.	1650 (1650)	Wing C4227AB; ESTC R492291	4,380	4

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