Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	conscience_n	death_n	sting_n	3,176	5	11.7818	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28314	A sermon preach'd before the Queen at White-hall, August 23, 1691 by Jonathan Blagrave ...	Blagrave, Jonathan, 1652-1698.	1691 (1691)	Wing B3111; ESTC R6778	10,432	34

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