Selected quad for the lemma: reason_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
reason_n	church_n	invisible_a	visible_a	2,612	5	9.5734	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61471	A discourse of the freedom of the will by Peter Sterry ...	Sterry, Peter, 1613-1672.	1675 (1675)	Wing S5477; ESTC R15154	286,940	282

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