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	seed_n	1,900	5	7.8843	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36463	The covenant of grace, or, An exposition upon Luke I. 73, 74, 75 by George Dovvname ...	Downame, George, d. 1634.	1647 (1647)	Wing D2059; ESTC R17888	143,573	346

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