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	worth_n	worthy_a	23	3	6.0214	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45200	Contemplations upon the remarkable passages in the life of the holy Jesus by Joseph Hall.	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.	1679 (1679)	Wing H376; ESTC R30722	360,687	516

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