Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	call_v	law_n	moral_a	2,598	5	9.2562	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28289	The unreasonableness of anger a sermon preach'd before the Queen at White-hall, July 29, 1694 / by Lancelot Blackburne ...	Blackburne, Lancelot, 1658-1743.	1694 (1694)	Wing B3068; ESTC R23050	11,834	27

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