Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	bishop_n	order_n	presbyter_n	2,831	5	10.8151	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33912	Miscellanies in five essays ... the four last by way of dialogue / by Jeremy Collier ...; Selections. 1694	Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726.	1694 (1694)	Wing C5256; ESTC R20832	94,227	232

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