Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	life_n	lord_n	sin_n	8,978	5	4.5107	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26735	Basil Valentine his Triumphant chariot of antimony with annotations of Theodore Kirkringius, M.D. : with the true book of the learned Synesius, a Greek abbot, taken out of the Emperour's library, concerning the philosopher's stone.; Triumph-Wagen Antimonii. English	Basilius Valentinus.; Kerckring, Theodor, 1640-1693.	1678 (1678)	Wing B1023; ESTC R14540	139,396	187

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