Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	answer_v	holy_a	scripture_n	2,886	5	5.5015	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04641	The gales of grace; or, the spirituall vvinde wherein the mysterie of sanctification is opened and handled. By Thomas Barnes ...	Barnes, Thomas, Minister of St. Margaret's, New Fish Street, London.	1622 (1622)	STC 1476; ESTC S101226	81,318	222

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