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	soul_n	union_n	1,547	5	9.5555	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13000	Two sermons of direction for iudges and magistrates. By Mathew Stoneham, minister and preacher in the citie of Norwich	Stoneham, Mathew.	1608 (1608)	STC 23290; ESTC S103465	30,644	96

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