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	true_a	truth_n	7,790	5	5.8414	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44685	Of thoughtfulnes for the morrow with an appendix concerning the immoderate desire of fore-knowing things to come / by John Howe ...	Howe, John, 1630-1705.	1681 (1681)	Wing H3034; ESTC R14309	7,506	34

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