Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	faith_n	grace_n	jesus_n	12,878	5	5.8776	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25511	The Answer of the officers at Whitehall to the letter from the officers of the Parliaments army in Scotland from Linlithgow, Oct. 22 with a return of the general and offcers [sic] in Scotland, thereunto.		1659 (1659)	Wing A3298; ESTC R9750	5,164	10

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