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	lord_n	sin_n	25,125	5	5.0495	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55776	A sermon preached at Petworth in Sussex, September 9, 1683 being a day of solemn thanksgiving for the gracious and wonderful deliverance of the King, his royal brother, and the government from the late barbarous conspiracy, as trayterous / by John Price ...	Price, John, 1625?-1691.	1683 (1683)	Wing P3337; ESTC R9268	13,896	27

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