Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	world_n	worldly_a	year_n	47	3	4.0560	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40356	Time and the end of time, or, Two discourses, the first about redemption of time, the second about consideration of our latter end by John Fox.	Fox, John, fl. 1676.	1670 (1670)	Wing F2024; ESTC R10455	99,064	254

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