Selected quad for the lemma: mind_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mind_n	body_n	death_n	sin_n	2,729	5	4.5869	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65466	A sermon concerning reformation of manners preach'd at St. Jame's Church, Westminster, Feb. 13, and afterwards at St. Brides, to one of the religious societies / by Samuel Wesley ...	Wesley, Samuel, 1662-1735.	1698 (1698)	Wing W1377; ESTC R14620	17,055	50

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