Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	work_n	work_v	wrath_n	210	4	7.8480	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57581	Saving-beliefe: or, The ready and right vvay to beleeve and be saved Wherein is the * mysterie of faith laid open * I Tim. 3. 9. By Timothy Rogers, minister of the Gospel (twixt Essex and Suffolke) in Sudbury.	Rogers, Timothy, 1598-1650?.	1644 (1644)	Wing R1857; ESTC R219742	33,435	192

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