Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	father_n	miserable_a	sinner_n	16,295	5	10.6580	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42368	Articles ministred by His Majesties commissioners for causes ecclesiasticall, presented to the high court of Parliament against John Gwin, vicar of Cople in the county of Bedford wherein is discovered his lascivious wenching, drunkenesse and wanton life and most vild and unbecoming courses, most unfit for his function.	Gwin, John, b. 1605, defendant.	1641 (1641)	Wing G2281; ESTC R8247	2,653	8

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