Selected quad for the lemma: sense_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	believe_v	faith_n	see_v	8,299	5	4.5528	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85050	Vindiciæ mediorum & mediatoris. or, the present reigning errour arraigned, at the barr of Scripture and reason. Wherein is discovered the falshood and danger of that late borne opinion, that pretends to an immediate enjoyment and call of the Spirit of God, both above and against its owne fffects, [sic] cause, word, ministry, and witness, in all respects. Occasioned by a pamphlet, intituled, The saints travell to the land of Canaan, or a discovery of seventeen false rests, &c. By one R. Wilkinson, a preacher of this errour about Totnes in the West. In the treatise following, the reader shall finde, most of the maine fundamentall doctrinall truths that this age doth controvert, faithfully vindicated, cleared, confirmed. By F. Fullwood, minister of the Gospell at Staple Fitzpane in the county of Somerset.	Fullwood, Francis, d. 1693.	1651 (1651)	Wing F2521; Thomason E1281_1; ESTC R202060	131,348	337

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truth_n then_o to_o be_v wise_a above_o that_o which_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v write_v but_o beside_o divine_a authority_n second_v also_o as_o might_n be_v abundant_o instance_a if_o occasion_n do_v require_v with_o the_o numerous_a testimony_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n in_o holy_a man_n of_o all_o age_n plain_a reason_n prove_v it_o viz._n that_o the_o word_n of_o god_n or_o scripture_n be_v the_o rule_n of_o faith_n 1._o that_o be_v and_o only_o be_v the_o rule_n of_o faith_n that_o be_v of_o infallible_a truth_n but_o the_o scripture_n be_v and_o only_o be_v of_o infallible_a truth_n it_o be_v the_o word_n and_o mind_n of_o truth_n therefore_o the_o scripture_n undoubted_o be_v and_o only_o be_v the_o rule_n of_o faith_n truth_n be_v the_o proper_a &_o immediate_a object_n of_o faith_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v the_o rule_n obliqui_fw-la rectum_fw-la norma_fw-la svi_fw-la &_o obliqui_fw-la thereof_o i_o of_o that_o that_o be_v to_o be_v believe_v for_o truth_n 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