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
A75483	Royall psalmes or, soliloquies of D. Anthony, King of Portingall. Wherein the sinner confesseth his sinnes, and imploreth the grace of God. / Translated into French by P. Durier ; into English by Baldwin St George, Gent.; Psalmi confessionales. English	António, Prior of Crato, 1531-1595.; St. George, Baldwin.; Du Ryer, Pierre, d. 1658.	1659 (1659)	Wing A3519; Thomason E2121_1; ESTC R22834	21,737	77

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