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	sin_n	time_n	5,862	5	3.8981	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94751	The vvhole confession and speech of Mr. Nathaniel Tompkins, made upon the ladder at the time of his execution, on Wednesday the fifth of July; 1643. Together with the manner of his coming to execution. July 5. 1643. It is this day ordered by the committee of the House of Commons in Parliament concerning printing, that the confession of Nathaniel Tompkins be printed by Peter Cole. Iohn White.	Tompkins, Nathaniel, d. 1643.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. aut	1643 (1643)	Wing T1865; Thomason E59_9	1,875	8

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