Selected quad for the lemma: tradition_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
tradition_n	necessary_a	scripture_n	unwritten_a	1,536	5	12.3222	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62326	Twelve sermons upon several occasions by Samuel Scattergood ...	Scattergood, Samuel, 1646-1696.	1700 (1700)	Wing S845; ESTC R39513	116,309	210

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