Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	holy_a	person_n	trinity_n	2,662	5	9.6888	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31061	A brief state of the Socinian controversy concerning a trinity in unity by Isaac Barrow ...	Barrow, Isaac, 1630-1677.	1698 (1698)	Wing B930; ESTC R10201	4,087	24

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