Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	aaron_n	life_n	pour_v	12	3	8.4166	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62040	The works of George Swinnock, M.A. containing these several treatises ...; Works. 1665.	Swinnock, George, 1627-1673.	1665 (1665)	Wing S6264; ESTC R7231	557,194	940

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