Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	according_a	doctrine_n	holy_a	2,747	5	4.2655	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39357	A letter to the Honourable Sir Robert Howard together with some animadversions upon a book entituled, Christianity not mysterious / by Edmund Elys ...	Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707.; Howard, Robert, Sir, 1626-1698.	1696 (1696)	Wing E678A; ESTC R18806	6,186	18

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