Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	repentance_n	sin_n	true_a	4,896	5	5.0189	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42868	Cain and Abel parallel'd with King Charles and his murderers in a sermon preached in S. Thomas Church in Salisbury, Jan. 30, 1663, being the anniversary day of the martyrdom of King Charles I of blessed memory / by Henry Glover ...	Glover, Henry, b. 1624 or 5.	1664 (1664)	Wing G889; ESTC R9147	19,902	34

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