Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	abundant_a	gracious_a	lord_n	1,650	5	4.2037	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96877	A relgious treatise upon Simeons song or, instructions advertising how to live holily, and dye happily. / Composed at first for the use of the truly pious Sir Robert Harley, knight of the honourable order of the Bath but since published by Timothy Woodroffe, B.D. Pastor to the church at Kingsland, in Herefordshire.	Woodroffe, Timothy, 1593 or 4-1677.; Rowe, John, 1626-1677.	1658 (1658)	Wing W3472A; Thomason E2119_1; ESTC R210138	91,617	274

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ear_n but_o now_o my_o eye_n see_v thou_o 42._o job_n 42._o and_o say_v st._n augustin_n 34.6_o who_o be_v say_v to_o be_v 12._o year_n old_a when_o our_o saviour_n suffer_v euse_n eccle._n hist_o lib._n 3._o exo._n 34.6_o oft_o wish_v to_o have_v see_v christ_n in_o the_o flesh_n as_o ignatius_n that_o bless_a martyr_n do_v 1._o there_o be_v a_o sight_n of_o god_n in_o his_o divine_a attribute_n and_o so_o he_o proclaim_v himself_o in_o the_o hear_n of_o all_o the_o peopl_n the_o lord_n the_o lord_n god_n merciful_a and_o gracious_a long-suffering_a and_o abundant_a in_o goodness_n and_o truth_n etc._n etc._n aquin._n aquin._n 2._o there_o be_v a_o sight_n of_o god_n in_o his_o eminency_n &_o excellent_a greatness_n &_o so_o appear_v he_o to_o moses_n out_o of_o the_o midst_n of_o a_o burn_a bush_n and_o to_o abraham_n jsaak_n and_o jacob_n by_o his_o name_n jah_n that_o deminutive_a of_o the_o word_n jehovah_n 3.2_o exo._n 3.2_o 68.4_o psa_fw-la 68.4_o or_o god_n almighty_a and_o 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