Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	apostle_n	law_n	transgression_n	5,619	5	10.4785	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88829	An examination of the political part of Mr. Hobbs his Leviathan. By George Lawson, rector of More in the county of Salop.	Lawson, George, d. 1678.	1657 (1657)	Wing L706; Thomason E1591_3; Thomason E1723_2; ESTC R208842	108,639	222

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