Selected quad for the lemma: work_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
work_n	covenant_n	grace_n	new_a	9,199	5	7.2474	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64750	A sermon preached at the publiquf [sic] fast, March the eight in the afternoon, at St. Maries Oxford, before the members of the Honourable House of Commons there assembled by Henry Vaughan ... ; and printed by their order.	Vaughan, Henry, 1617 or 18-1661.	1644 (1644)	Wing V128; ESTC R233020	26,918	34

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