Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	commandment_n	keep_v	lord_n	5,285	5	4.5043	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77506	A parlie with the sword about a cessation, as it was delivered in a sermon at a publick fast in the church of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, Decemb. 28. 1642. / By Iohn Brinsley, minister of the Word, and pastour of an adjacent congregation. Published for common use.	Brinsley, John, 1600-1665.	1643 (1643)	Wing B4722; Thomason E85_14; ESTC R22324	20,258	34

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