Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	heart_n	keep_v	mercy_n	22,440	5	8.1720	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B23178	The dread of Gods power, uttering its voice thorough man, unto the heads of the nation. / George Fox the younger.	Fox, George, d. 1661.	1660 (1660)	Wing F1999; Interim Tract Supplement Guide 4152.f.19[16]; ESTC R223008	4,975	11

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