Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	know_v	lord_n	see_v	2,747	5	3.2536	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93881	The true way of uniting the people of God in these nations· Opened in a sermon preached in the chappel at White-Hall, Jan. 1. 1659. By Peter Sterry.	Sterry, Peter, 1613-1672.	1660 (1660)	Wing S5486A; ESTC R213121	18,882	37

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