Selected quad for the lemma: order_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
order_n	according_a	church_n	minister_n	2,280	5	6.4436	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70370	A letter to the clergy of the diocess [sic] of Norfolk and Suffolk wherein they are desired to challenge the Quakers once more ... to prove which of them are Christ's ministers, which may be done according to the method herein laid down, with very little disputation ... / by a member of the Church of England.	S. J.	1699 (1699)	Wing J33A; ESTC R37812	8,048	10

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