Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	lord_n	sin_n	transgression_n	5,315	5	9.9863	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90396	Some few queries and considerations proposed to the Cavaliers, being of weighty importance to them.	Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679.	1660 (1660)	Wing P1194; Thomason E1022_1; ESTC R203315	6,433	8

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