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	particular_a	visible_a	2,398	5	9.4237	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36494	Considerations toward a peaceable reformation in matters ecclesiasticall submitted to the judicious reader / by Calybute Downing.	Downing, Calybute, 1606-1644.	1641 (1641)	Wing D2100; ESTC R6648	3,046	9

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