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	transgression_n	3,082	5	10.1157	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42362	A sermon preach'd before the House of Lords at the Abbey-Church of St. Peters Westminster, on Wednesday, 11th of December, 1695 : being the day appointed for a solemn fast and humiliation / by the Right Reverend Father in God James, Lord Bishop of London.	Gardiner, James, 1637-1705.	1695 (1695)	Wing G227; ESTC R8142	11,528	33

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