Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	add_v	authority_n	church_n	2,375	5	4.4293	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93834	Judex expurgatorius: or, a short examination of the doctrine of purgatory, in a sermon upon 1 Pet.3.19. Together with an orthodoxall interpretation of the text. / By Am: Staveley, A.M.	Staveley, Ambrose.	1655 (1655)	Wing S5345; Thomason E850_2; ESTC R207399	14,230	23

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