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	sinner_n	son_n	12,100	5	7.0567	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94808	Treason and rebellion against their native country justly rewarded upon severall traitors and rebels lately executed in Scotland. Certified by an expresse in two letters dated at Saint Andrews, Jan. 26. 1645. Together with a declaration of the Generall Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Published by authority.	Church of Scotland. General Assembly.	1646 (1646)	Wing T2072; Wing C4211; Thomason E322_5; Thomason E322_6; ESTC R200577	5,298	12

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