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	son_n	trinity_n	4,094	5	10.4029	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64563	The mammon of unrighteousness detected and purified in a sermon preached in the cathedral church of Worcester on Sunday the nineteenth of August, 1688 / by William Lord Bishop of Worcester.	Thomas, William, 1613-1689.	1688 (1688)	Wing T979; ESTC R26294	19,694	45

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