Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	cast_v	devil_n	fast_v	3,166	5	10.2336	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14146	The parable of the wycked mammon Compiled in the yere of our lorde .M.d.xxxvi. W.T.	Tyndale, William, d. 1536.	1547 (1547)	STC 24457; ESTC S104878	71,387	139

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y_o it_o do_v no_o man_n save_v he_o that_o beleve_v &_o put_v his_o trust_n in_o christ_n if_o any_o man_n work_n that_o he_o have_v build_v upon_o abide_v he_o shall_v receyve_v a_o reward_n i._o corint_fw-la two_o the_o circumstance_n of_o the_o same_o chapter_n that_o be_v to_o weet_v that_o which_o go_v before_o and_o that_o which_o follow_v declare_v plain_o what_o be_v ment_fw-la paul_n talk_v of_o learning_n doctrine_n or_o peachinge_a he_o say_v that_o he_o himself_o have_v lay_v the_o fundation_n which_o be_v jesus_n christ_n and_o that_o no_o man_n can_v lay_v any_o other_o