Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	great_a	heaven_n	sin_n	5,123	5	4.7201	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86845	The humble petition of the vvretched, and most contemptible, the poore commons of England, to the blessed Elizabeth of famous memory. Also a most gratious answer, with a divine admonition and propheticall conclusion.		1642 (1642)	Wing H3586; Thomason E108_1; ESTC R5688	7,159	16

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