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	law_n	love_v	7,725	5	6.9269	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37223	A sermon on Psal. CXIX, v. 57 shewing wherein the good man's portion and dependence consists / by James Davies.	Davies, James, fl. 1657-1709.	1679 (1679)	Wing D386; ESTC R26076	19,113	40

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