Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	father_n	son_n	substance_n	12,161	5	9.0981	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61813	A sermon preached before the King at White-Hall on Christmas-Day, 1682 by N. Stratford ...	Stratford, Nicholas, 1633-1707.	1683 (1683)	Wing S5940; ESTC R33812	12,795	36

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