Selected quad for the lemma: rest_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
rest_n	day_n	observation_n	sabbath_n	2,346	5	9.4956	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66424	A sermon preach'd at the funeral of the Reverend Thomas Jekyll, D.D. late preacher at the New Chappel, Westminster, October 7, 1698 / by John Lord Bishop of Chichester.	Williams, John, 1636?-1709.	1698 (1698)	Wing W2731; ESTC R7509	15,200	29

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