Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	bind_v	heaven_n	loose_v	3,733	5	10.5013	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04840	Two sermons. vpon the Act Sunday, being the 10th of Iuly. 1625 Deliuered at St Maries in Oxford.	King, Henry, 1592-1669.; King, John, 1559?-1621. aut	1625 (1625)	STC 14972; ESTC S108030	43,354	86

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