Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	body_n	church_n	power_n	1,332	5	5.0841	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96067	The watch-mans warning-peece, or Parliament souldiers prediction. Shewing, that if our armies lay down arms before the work is at an end, we may expect yet worser harms, more pretious lives and states to spend.		1646 (1646)	Wing W1041; Thomason E354_10; Thomason E516_6; ESTC R201097	647	1

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