Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	acknowledge_v	confess_v	sin_n	2,495	5	5.0365	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30426	A sermon preached in the chappel of St. James's, before His Highness the Prince of Orange, the 23d of December, 1688 by Gilbert Burnet.	Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.	1689 (1689)	Wing B5883; ESTC R27817	13,997	18

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