Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	able_a	new_a	zion_n	72	3	11.5069	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79477	Sions memento, and Gods alarum. In a sermon at VVestminster, before the Honorable House of Commons, on the 31. of May 1643. the solemne day of their monethly fast. By Francis Cheynell late Fellow of Merton College in Oxford. Printed and published by order of the House of Commons.	Cheynell, Francis, 1608-1665.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. aut	1643 (1643)	Wing C3816; Thomason E55_13; ESTC R16225	52,682	55

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