Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	good_a	lord_n	spare_v	2,870	5	9.3705	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60137	The mourners companion, or, Funeral discourses on several texts by John Shower.	Shower, John, 1657-1715.	1692 (1692)	Wing S3673; ESTC R25149	101,466	242

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