Selected quad for the lemma: world_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	deed_n	light_n	reprove_v	2,736	5	10.3625	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65864	Enthusiasm above atheism, or, Divine inspiration and immediate illumination (by God Himself) asserted and the children of light vindicated : in answer to a book entituled, The danger of enthusiasm discovered / by George Whitehead.	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.	1674 (1674)	Wing W1926; ESTC R24552	32,776	82

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