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	oracle_n	rod_n	12	3	9.3177	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38007	A farther enquiry into several remarkable texts of the Old and New Testament which contain some difficulty in them with a probable resolution of them / by John Edwards ...	Edwards, John, 1637-1716.	1692 (1692)	Wing E206; ESTC R37315	201,474	386

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jephthah_n vow_v a_o vow_n unto_o the_o lord_n and_o say_v if_o thou_o shall_v etc._n etc._n p._n 81_o dan._n 9_o 24_o 25._o seventy_o week_n be_v determine_v upon_o thy_o people_n and_o upon_o thy_o holy_a city_n etc._n etc._n p._n 113_o matt._n 27._o 5._o judas_n depart_v and_o go_v and_o hang_v himself_o compare_v with_o act_n 1._o 18._o p._n 141_o 1_o cor._n 16._o 22._o if_o any_o man_n love_v not_o the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n let_v he_o be_v anathema_n maran-atha_a p._n 169_o col._n 2._o 8._o beware_v lest_o any_o man_n spoil_v you_o through_o philosophy_n and_o vain_a deceit_n etc._n etc._n p._n 193_o to_o which_o be_v add_v a_o discourse_n on_o 1_o john_n 3._o 8._o wherein_o be_v show_v what_o be_v the_o work_n of_o the_o devil_n p._n 285_o a_fw-la enquiry_n into_o several_a remarkable_a text_n of_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n etc._n etc._n the_o first_o text_n enquire_v into_o viz._n gen._n xlix_o 10._o the_o sceptre_n shall_v not_o depart_v from_o judah_n nor_o a_o 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be_v no_o footstep_n leave_v of_o their_o kingdom_n and_o dominion_n let_v we_o take_v this_o prophecy_n asunder_o and_o comment_n on_o the_o several_a word_n and_o then_o set_v they_o together_o again_o and_o show_v you_o how_o signal_n a_o proof_n they_o be_v of_o christ_n be_v come_v first_o the_o hebrew_n word_n which_o we_o translate_v the_o sceptre_n have_v different_a signification_n and_o according_o be_v sometime_o render_v a_o 9_o a_o leu._n 27._o 32._o ps._n 2._o 9_o rod_n or_o staff_n sometime_o a_o 13._o a_o ps._n 31._o 13._o stroke_n plague_n or_o punishment_n and_o at_o other_o time_n a_o 14._o a_o judge_n 5._o 14._o quill_n or_o pen_n to_o write_v with_o i_o meet_v with_o no_o expositor_n that_o think_v any_o of_o these_o to_o be_v the_o acception_n of_o the_o word_n in_o this_o place_n but_o there_o be_v two_o other_o acception_n which_o bid_v fair_a for_o it_o the_o word_n sometime_o signify_v a_o tribe_n and_o that_o in_o this_o chapter_n v._n 28._o and_o the_o 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