Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	affection_n	love_n	love_v	1,790	5	6.3849	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60131	An exhortation to repentance, and union among Protestants, or, A discourse upon the burden of Dumah	Shower, John, 1657-1715.	1688 (1688)	Wing S3663; ESTC R38911	54,488	64

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