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	peace_n	unity_n	1,654	5	9.0086	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96131	A preparative for the fast, or, a sovereigne balsome for the cure of the distempers of the times.	Weall, Job, 17th cent.	1642 (1642)	Wing W1186; Thomason E133_8; ESTC R23066	7,430	19

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