Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	holy_a	jesus_n	lord_n	9,717	5	3.8930	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22722	Certaine sermons of Sainte Augustines translated out of Latyn, into Englishe, by Thomas Paynell.; Sermons. English. Selections	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153.; Paynell, Thomas.	1557 (1557)	STC 923.5; ESTC S647	69,671	284

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