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	sin_n	sin_v	5,192	5	9.5484	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79526	Two treatises. The first, The young-mans memento. Shewing [brace] how why when [brace] we should remember God. Or The seasonableness and sutableness of this work to youth. The second, Novv if ever. Proving 1 That God gives man a day. 2 That this day often ends while the means of grace continues. 3 That when this day is ended, peace is hid from the soul. Being an appendix to the former treatise. / Both by John Chishull, minister of the Gospel.	Chishull, John.	1657 (1657)	Wing C3904; Thomason E1684_1; ESTC R209165	115,394	265

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