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	sin_n	transgression_n	2,676	5	10.9658	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27083	A true and faithful warning unto the people and inhabitants of Bristol and unto the rulers, priests, and people of England ... that they might prepare to meet the Lord ... / ... Charles Baily.	Bayley, Charles.	1663 (1663)	Wing B1473D; ESTC R16496	30,294	42

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