Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	blessing_n	gracious_a	great_a	192	4	2.1084	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02186	Greenvvoods vvorkes contayned in fiue seueral tractates. 1. Of the day of iudgement. 2. Of the Lords Prayer. 3. Of the race to saluation. 4. Of the torment of Tophet. 5. Of the baptisme of Christ.	Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5.; Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5. Treatise of the great and generall daye of judgement. aut; Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5. Race celestiall. aut; Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5. Tormenting Tophet. aut; Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5. Joyfull tractate of the most blessed baptisme. aut	1620 (1620)	STC 12329; ESTC S115797	129,145	422

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