Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	apostle_n	church_n	pillar_n	3,742	5	10.1590	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48358	Holy characters containing a miscelany of theolocicall [sic] discovrses that is theology, positiue, scholasticall, polemicall, and morall built upon the foundation of scriptures, traditions, councils, fathers, divided into two books / written by George Leybvrn ...	Leyburn, George, 1593-1677.	1662 (1662)	Wing L1938; ESTC R18553	388,184	688

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euchariste_n and_o afterward_o io._n 13._o preach_v unto_o they_o in_o these_o two_o action_n be_v shadow_v deacons_n who_o office_n be_v to_o preach_v and_o sometime_o to_o distribute_v the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o euchariste_n as_o do_v appear_v plain_o by_o the_o history_n of_o s._n steven_n and_o s._n laurence_n which_o as_o deacon_n exercise_v the_o say_v action_n again_o christ_n at_o his_o last_o supper_n do_v offer_v the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o euchariste_n that_o be_v of_o his_o body_n and_o blood_n which_o be_v proper_a to_o priestly_a function_n baptismi_fw-la function_n s_o pp_n aug._n gregor_n &_o al●●_n testantur_fw-la christum_fw-la actione_n illa_fw-la qua_fw-la suscitavit_fw-la lazarun_n iussitque_fw-la eum_fw-la vinculis_fw-la quibus_fw-la erat_fw-la ligatus_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n dissolui_fw-la adumbrasse_v nostram_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la &_o potestatem_fw-la traditan_n ecclesiae_fw-la pro_fw-la remittendis_fw-la peccatis_fw-la et_fw-fr aug._n comment_n in_o 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