Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	afford_v	divine_a	good_a	19	3	2.0923	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26276	A sermon preached at Welde-House, in His Excellency the Spanish Ambassador's chapel: on the third Sunday of Advent, December 12. 1686. By the Reverend Father Br. James Ayray, Friar Minor of the Holy Order of St. Francis, chaplain and preacher in ordinary to His Excellency. With allowance and special order of superiors.	Ayray, James.	1686 (1686)	Wing A4297A; ESTC R208687	10,913	32

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