Selected quad for the lemma: nation_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	bless_v	lord_n	people_n	2,163	5	5.0864	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15459	Perseuerantia sanctorum A sermon of perseuering in patience, repentance, and humiliation, in time of afflictions, preached before the lords of the Parliament, at the last generall fast, vpon Ash-wednesday, the 18. day of February 1628. at the Collegiat Church of S. Peter in Westminster. By the Right Honourable, and Right Reuerend Father in God, Iohn, Lord Bishop of Lincolne, deane of the sayd church. And now published, by their lordships order, and direction.	Williams, John, 1582-1650.	1628 (1628)	STC 25727; ESTC S120151	30,806	69

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