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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
word_n	law_n	sin_n	transgression_n	4,903	5	10.9868	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59788	An answer to a late scandalous pamphlet entituled A friendly debate between Satan and Sherlock, written by Thomas Danson by William Sherlock ...	Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.	1677 (1677)	Wing S3262; ESTC R31818	41,442	72

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