Selected quad for the lemma: reason_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
reason_n	day_n	jew_n	sabbath_n	3,963	5	9.9502	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65350	A sermon preach'd at the funeral of Mrs. Abigail Costivell, widow, in the Church of Little Brandon in Norfolk by Jessop Webb ...	Webb, Jessop, 1647 or 8-1711.	1695 (1695)	Wing W1200; ESTC R13540	7,932	16

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