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	true_a	2,421	5	5.1957	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64364	Of idolatry a discourse, in which is endeavoured a declaration of, its distinction from superstition, its notion, cause, commencement, and progress, its practice charged on Gentiles, Jews, Mahometans, Gnosticks, Manichees Arians, Socinians, Romanists : as also, of the means which God hath vouchsafed towards the cure of it by the Shechinah of His Son / by Tho. Tenison ...	Tenison, Thomas, 1636-1715.	1678 (1678)	Wing T704; ESTC R8	332,600	446

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their_o sacrifice_n however_o in_o those_o early_a time_n and_o with_o reference_n to_o egypt_n 26._o the_o sacrifice_n of_o ox_n which_o the_o people_n offer_v at_o the_o golden_a calf_n do_v prove_v it_o to_o be_v something_o else_o than_o the_o symbol_n of_o apis_n unless_o a_o man_n will_v say_v that_o they_o honour_v old_a idol_n with_o their_o new_a rite_n as_o afterward_o they_o do_v worship_v moloch_n 43._o with_o the_o rite_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n of_o jehovah_n they_o do_v not_o as_o i_o think_v dethrone_v god_n but_o join_v that_o false_a god_n with_o he_o and_o corrupt_v true_a religion_n with_o mixture_n of_o gentilism_n part_n 4._o of_o the_o idol_n apis._n apis_n the_o live_a ox_n be_v a_o idol_n of_o ancient_a stand_n for_o the_o grecian_n who_o live_v before_o the_o time_n of_o alexander_n 196._o make_v mention_n of_o it_o herodotus_n be_v one_o of_o they_o and_o he_o record_v the_o slaughter_n of_o apis_n by_o cambyses_n who_o be_v the_o second_o monarch_n of_o 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