Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	father_n	son_n	trinity_n	3,742	5	9.9958	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39251	The folly of atheism demonstrated to the capacity of the most unlearned reader by Clement Elis ...	Ellis, Clement, 1630-1700.	1692 (1692)	Wing E555; ESTC R17534	80,333	176

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