Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	false_a	spirit_n	willingness_n	42	3	15.7684	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59669	The sincere convert discovering the paucity of true beleevers and the great difficulty of saving conversion by Tho. Shepheard ....	Shepard, Thomas, 1605-1649.; Greenhill, William, 1591-1671.	1641 (1641)	Wing S3118; ESTC R9618	105,576	306

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