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	word_n	3,266	5	3.9423	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93244	A sermon preached at Bridgwater in Somersetshire, July the 17th, 1700, at the opening of the organ lately erected there by John Shuttleworth ...	Shuttleworth, John, 1670 or 71-1750.	1700 (1700)	Wing S3717A; ESTC R43740	17,045	35

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