Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	body_n	sin_n	soul_n	10,582	5	5.4910	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09758	The power of praier A sermon preached in the Cathedrall Church of Exeter in August. 1596. By Thomas Playfere Professour of Diuinitie for the Ladie Margaret in Cambridge.	Playfere, Thomas, 1561?-1609.	1603 (1603)	STC 20025; ESTC S119192	16,552	48

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