Selected quad for the lemma: sense_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	faith_n	impute_v	righteousness_n	3,744	5	8.8004	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59835	A practical discourse concerning a future judgment by William Sherlock ...	Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.	1692 (1692)	Wing S3307; ESTC R14162	228,802	551

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