Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	abate_v	grace_n	great_a	12	3	2.0729	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30272	Characters of a godly man both as more and less grown in grace / by Daniel Burgess.	Burgess, Daniel, 1645-1713.	1691 (1691)	Wing B5697; ESTC R23829	60,242	145

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