Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	adam_n	original_a	sin_n	10,375	5	5.8866	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72333	The holy sinner a tractate meditated on some passages of the storie of the penitent woman in the Pharisees house. by [sic] W.H.	Hodson, William, fl. 1625-1640.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver.	1639 (1639)	STC 13555; ESTC S123530	25,322	116

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