Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	cause_n	church_n	zion_n	29	3	9.2248	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40658	Two sermons the first, Comfort in calamitie, teaching to live well, the other, The grand assizes, minding to dye well / by Thomas Fuller ...	Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.	1654 (1654)	Wing F2420; Wing F2476; ESTC R210330	100,765	342

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