Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	know_v	law_n	sin_n	7,842	5	5.7870	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58038	A sermon preach'd to the Society for Reformation of Manners in Nottingham, February 16, 1698/9. Publish'd at their request. By John Ryther, minsiter of the gospel.	Ryther, John, 1634?-1681.; Societies for the Reformation of Manners. aut	1699 (1699)	Wing R2444; ESTC R218580	33,810	68

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