Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	ancient_a	church_n	doctrine_n	1,896	5	6.2759	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27234	The doctrine of a general resurrection wherein the identity of the rising body is asserted against the Socinians and scepticks : in a sermon preach'd before the University at St. Mary's in Oxford, on Easter-Monday, Apr. 5 / by Tho. Beconsall ...	Becconsall, Thomas, d. 1709.	1697 (1697)	Wing B1656; ESTC R1506	19,938	35

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that_o place_n personal_a identity_n pure_o in_o consciousness_n or_o a_o faculty_n of_o reflect_v on_o our_o own_o thought_n and_o action_n and_o ascribe_v they_o to_o ourselves_o as_o such_o i_o shall_v take_v liberty_n to_o consider_v it_o because_o this_o author_n speak_v of_o it_o only_o as_o apply_v to_o a_o humane_a person_n and_o express_o apply_v it_o to_o the_o resurrection_n no_o doubt_n as_o a_o expedient_a to_o solve_v the_o difficulty_n of_o it_o it_o be_v true_a for_o as_o much_o as_o consciousness_n be_v a_o incommunicable_a property_n of_o every_o intelligent_a be_v it_o will_v easy_o be_v grant_v that_o there_o can_v be_v personal_a identity_n without_o consciousness_n but_o we_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n allow_v that_o consciousness_n be_v the_o sole_a principle_n or_o foundation_n of_o personal_a identity_n as_o this_o author_n plain_o assert_n indeed_o he_o give_v it_o such_o a_o absolute_a sovereignty_n in_o this_o affair_n and_o discover_v such_o a_o overween_a fondness_n for_o the_o notion_n that_o the_o little_a finger_n cut_v off_o from_o the_o body_n if_o conscious_a must_v be_v the_o same_o person_n sect._n 17._o that_o consciousness_n inhabit_v successive_o several_a body_n must_v be_v all_o one_o and_o the_o same_o humane_a person_n that_o two_o distinct_a consciousness_n act_v in_o the_o same_o body_n one_o by_o night_n and_o the_o other_o by_o day_n must_v make_v a_o night-man_n and_o a_o day-man_n and_o two_o distinct_a person_n sect._n 22._o in_o a_o word_n he_o fair_o suggest_v that_o transmigration_n be_v a_o doctrine_n no_o way_n absurd_a but_o very_o probable_a and_o a_o good_a piece_n of_o christian_a platonism_n and_o in_o plain_a term_n that_o socrates_n after_o this_o life_n can_v no_o way_n be_v the_o same_o man_n but_o by_o consciousness_n sect._n 20._o now_o certain_o as_o for_o the_o doctrine_n of_o transmigration_n it_o will_v be_v ready_o allow_v to_o be_v a_o good_a piece_n of_o platonism_n but_o he_o that_o own_v 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