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	faith_n	true_a	15,470	5	5.2366	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53084	A sermon preached in the parish-church of Aldenham, in the county of Hertford, on Thursday, April 16, 1696 being the day of thanksgiving to almighty God for discovering and disappointing a horrid and barbarous conspiracy of papists and other trayterous persons to assassinate and murder His Most Gracious Majesty's Royal Person, and for delivering this kingdom from an invasion intended by the French / by Peter Newcome ... ; published at the request of the inhabitants of the said parish.	Newcome, Peter, 1656-1738.	1696 (1696)	Wing N903; ESTC R42212	15,546	31

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