Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	church_n	know_v	pray_v	3,525	5	5.9539	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41124	The riches of grace a treatise shewing the value and excellency of a gracious spirit by comparing it with the nature and spirits of wicked and ungodly men, which desire not the wayes of the Lord Jesus / by that reverend and faithfull minister of Gods word, William Fenner ...	Fenner, William, 1600-1640.	1641 (1641)	Wing F697; ESTC R6526	27,782	148

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