Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	believe_v	heart_n	lord_n	3,740	5	3.8388	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39359	An answer to a book intitled Tractatus theologico politicus	Earbery, Matthias.	1697 (1697)	Wing E68; ESTC R41104	85,540	210

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