Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	grace_n	holy_a	spirit_n	2,935	5	4.9515	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60147	Sacramental discourses on several texts before and after the Lord's Supper by John Shower.	Shower, John, 1657-1715.	1693 (1693)	Wing S3683; ESTC R27487	136,980	352

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