Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	church_n	england_n	government_n	4,031	5	6.6344	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54708	The second apology for the Protestants of Ireland, by the author of the first shewing the necessity of their flight and desertion : and that the present destruction of Ireland hath conduced to the safety and preservation of England : in a letter to Sir. O. S.	Philips, George, 1599?-1696.	1690 (1690)	Wing P2028; ESTC R6417	6,235	10

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