Selected quad for the lemma: reason_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
reason_n	law_n	nature_n	positive_a	3,197	5	10.6866	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29107	A sermon preach'd at the Church of St. Mary le Bow to the Societies for the Reformation of Manners, Octob. 4, 1697 / by Samuel Bradford.	Bradford, Samuel, 1652-1731.; Societies for the Reformation of Manners.	1697 (1697)	Wing B4120; ESTC R25294	18,745	56

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