Selected quad for the lemma: world_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	darkness_n	light_n	light_v	5,748	5	10.2934	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08560	How and whither a Christen man ought to flye the horrible plage of the pestilence A sermon out of the Psalme. Qui habitat in adsutorio altissimi. By Andrewe Osiander. Translated out of hye Almayn in to Englishe.; Wie und wohin ein Christ die grausamen Plag der Pestilentz fliehen soll. English	Osiander, Andreas, 1498-1552.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568. aut	1537 (1537)	STC 18878; ESTC S104259	17,345	46

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