Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	answer_v	church_n	scripture_n	1,708	5	6.0408	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85986	The libertine school'd, or A vindication of the magistrates power in religious matters. In ansvver to some fallacious quæries scattered about the city of Limrick, by a nameless author, about the 15th of December, 1656. And for detection of those mysterious designs so vigorously fomented, if not begun among us, by romish engineers, and Jesuitick emissaries, under notionall disguises ... (politicæ uti & ecclesiasticæ. axiom. Arabic.) Published, by Claudus Gilbert, B.D. and minister of the Gospel at Limrick in Ireland.	Gilbert, Claudius, d. 1696?	1657 (1657)	Wing G702; Thomason E923_4; ESTC R202210	61,982	75

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etc._n etc._n be_v the_o perfect_a rule_n of_o truth_n and_o grace_n faith_n and_o obedience_n god_n mercy_n and_o man_n duty_n operis_fw-la require_v from_o man_n truth_n mental_a oral_a and_o actual_a i_o e._n a_o due_a conformity_n of_o every_o thought_n word_n and_o work_n to_o that_o truth_n of_o god_n declare_v iii_o the_o actual_a truth_n of_o god_n be_v manifest_v in_o all_o his_o work_n of_o creation_n and_o providence_n carry_v on_o a_o constant_a perfect_a conformity_n to_o god_n intentional_a truth_n as_o also_o to_o his_o verbal_a in_o order_n to_o his_o supreme_a end_n his_o own_o glory_n by_o the_o seasonable_a and_o admirable_a dispensation_n of_o all_o his_o attribute_n 19_o especial_o mercy_n and_o justice_n 17._o towards_o man_n and_o angel_n in_o the_o most_o wise_a holy_a and_o powerful_a preserve_n of_o all_o his_o creature_n 14._o and_o all_o their_o 29._o action_n 3._o as_o they_o be_v all_o create_v of_o nothing_o by_o the_o word_n of_o his_o power_n 2._o in_o 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