Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	according_a	holy_a	true_a	3,672	5	4.0992	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86160	The heart opened to Christ Jesus. Translated out of High Dutch for the good of all men.		1653 (1653)	Wing H1311; Thomason E1287_1; ESTC R208966	25,961	108

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