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	obedience_n	4,378	5	7.6220	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93053	Advice to young persons, relating both to faith & practice contain'd in some plain directions how to demean themselves : together with some few motives to the observation of what is here recommended.	Shaw, Samuel, 1635-1696.	1698 (1698)	Wing S3034A; ESTC R42460	16,872	50

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