Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	act_v	action_n	affirm_v	15	3	6.6930	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70732	A discourse concerning God's fore-knoledge, and man's free agency wherein their seeming opposition is reconciled, and real consistency demonstrated from the Holy Scriptures, and arguments thence deduced.; Discourse, concerning God's fore-knowledge, and man's free-agency.		1697 (1697)	Wing O123Q; ESTC R217857	45,441	111

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