Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	contain_v	law_n	write_v	4,780	5	7.2022	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40441	A dialogue by way of question and answer concerning the deity all the responses being taken verbatim out of the Scriptures.	Freke, William, 1662-1744.; Freke, William, 1662-1744. A brief but clear confutation of the doctrine of the trinity.	1693 (1693)	Wing F2163; ESTC R30389	26,997	16

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