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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	article_n	faith_n	word_n	1,964	5	4.3671	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51353	An Account of the present persecution of the Church in Scotland in several letters.	Morer, Thomas, 1651-1715.; Sage, John, 1652-1711.; Monro, Alexander, d. 1715?	1690 (1690)	Wing M2722; ESTC R6062	62,539	78

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