Selected quad for the lemma: work_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
work_n	faith_n	good_a	please_v	10,603	5	7.2571	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42153	Abraham's prospect Being a sermon preached at the funeral of Mr John Williams, late vicar of Devinnocke, in the parish-church of Llanspithid in the county of Brecon, on the 12th day of June, 1680. By Owen Griffith.	Griffith, Owen.	1681 (1681)	Wing G2018B; ESTC R218703	21,276	27

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