Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	commandment_n	keep_v	love_v	23,346	5	7.4368	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66354	A sermon preach'd before the Societies for Reformation of Manners, in Dublin July the 18th, 1700 / by Daniel Williams ; published at the desire of the said Societies.	Williams, Daniel, 1643?-1716.; Societies for the Reformation of Manners.	1700 (1700)	Wing W2656; ESTC R38620	18,449	30

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