Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	good_a	sin_n	sinner_n	3,410	5	7.5691	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36557	A pleasant and profitable treatise of Hell. Written by Hieremy Drexelius. S.J.; Infernus damnatorum carcer et rogus æternitatis. English.	Drexel, Jeremias, 1581-1638.	1668 (1668)	Wing D2184A; ESTC R212863	150,577	394

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