Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	church_n	civil_a	commonwealth_n	1,637	5	9.2456	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78088	A brief view of Mr. Coleman his new-modell of church government, delivered by him in a late sermon, upon Job 11.20.	Byfield, Adoniram, d. 1660.	1645 (1645)	Wing B6378; Thomason E307_8; ESTC R200340	30,341	36

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