Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	apostle_n	patience_n	temperance_n	876	5	11.3169	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52407	Twenty sermons preached upon several texts by James Nalton ; published for publick good.	Nalton, James, 1600-1662.	1677 (1677)	Wing N124; ESTC R28705	269,750	474

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