Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	jesus_n	sin_n	spirit_n	12,029	5	5.4627	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61468	A brief commentary upon the CIII Psalme with the severall axiomes or doctrines therein conteined [sic], and uses thereupon inferred.	Sterne, Richard, 1596?-1683.	1649 (1649)	Wing S5473; ESTC R21977	156,758	358

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