Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	act_n	ghost_n	holy_a	3,043	5	5.4653	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94741	Tvvo treatises and an appendix to them concerning infant-baptisme. The former treatise being an exercitation presented to the chair-man of a committee of the Assembly of Divines. The later an examen of the sermon of Mr Stephen Marshall, about infant-baptisme, in a letter sent to him. / By John Tombes. B.D.	Tombes, John, 1603?-1676.; Tombes, John, 1603?-1676. Excercitation about infant-baptisme.	1645 (1645)	Wing T1825; Thomason E312_1; Thomason E312_2; ESTC R200471	33,550	44

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