Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	eternal_a	father_n	son_n	9,560	5	6.2115	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41542	A sermon on occasion of the death of the reverend and learned Mr. Stephen Lobb, who dyed June 3, 1699 by Thomas Goodwin.	Goodwin, Thomas, 1650?-1716?	1700 (1700)	Wing G1270A; ESTC R32448	23,607	49

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