Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	good_a	life_n	true_a	3,003	5	3.9961	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63156	The tryal and condemnation of two popish priests, Andrew Brommich and William Atkyns, for high treason at Stafford assizes, August 16, 1679 with an account of the notable equivocation of some witnesses of the Romish Church there produced, and the reason thereof from their own authors : Mr. Stephen Dugdale, one of the grand evidences of the Popish plot being there present.	Bromwich, Andrew, defendant.; Atkins, William, 1601-1681, defendant.; Dugdale, Stephen, 1640?-1683.	1679 (1679)	Wing T2157; ESTC R5396	4,161	8

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