Selected quad for the lemma: faith_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
faith_n	church_n	true_a	visible_a	19,269	5	9.3685	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74656	Expository notes, with practical observations; towards the opening of the five first chapters of the first book of Moses called Genesis. Delivered by way of exposition in several lords-dayes exercises. By Benjamin Needler, minister of the gospel at Margaret Moses Friday-Street, London.	Needler, Benjamin, 1620-1682.	1654 (1654)	Wing N412; Thomason E1443_2; ESTC R209640	117,247	301

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the_o sadducee_n who_o deny_v the_o resurrection_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o context_n so_o jesus_n say_v 7.16_o joh._n 7.16_o my_o doctrine_n be_v not_o i_o but_o his_o that_o send_v i_o be_v not_o i_o that_o be_v as_o you_o take_v i_o to_o be_v a_o mere_a man_n 32._o rule_n the_o truth_n of_o a_o hypotheticall_a proposition_n do_v not_o depend_v upon_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o two_o proposition_n the_o antecedent_n and_o the_o consequent_a but_o upon_o the_o necessary_a connexion_n viz._n the_o antecedent_n and_o consequent_a of_o a_o hypotheticall_a proposition_n may_v be_v true_a and_o yet_o the_o proposition_n may_v be_v false_a itself_o and_o è_fw-la contrà_fw-la the_o antecedent_n and_o consequent_a of_o a_o hypotheticall_a proposition_n may_v be_v false_a and_o yet_o the_o proposition_n may_v be_v true_a itself_o for_o instance_n if_o isaac_n be_v abraham_n son_n than_o he_o be_v true_o good_a both_o part_n consider_v apart_o be_v true_a yet_o the_o proposition_n itself_o be_v 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