Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	answer_v	mount_n	zion_n	14	3	9.0387	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15695	A childes patrimony laid out upon the good culture or tilling over his whole man. The first part, respecting a childe in his first and second age.	Woodward, Ezekias, 1590-1675.	1640 (1640)	STC 25971; ESTC S120251	379,238	456

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