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	faith_n	know_v	1,815	5	3.8869	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03464	The Christian exercise of fasting, priuate and publike plainly set forth by testimonies of holy Scriptures, and also of old and late writers: wherein is shewed how religious families priuatly, and the congregations publikely, haue humbled themselues before almightie God, making vse of iudgements past, auoyding euils present, and preuenting future calamities, &c. Together with sundrie abuses of fasting in three generations of hypocrites: the first in the dayes of the prophets: the second in the dayes of Christ: the third in the dayes of Antichrist. Hereunto also are added some meditations on the 1. and 2. chapters of Iob, to comfort and instruct all such as be afflicted with any crosse, either inwardly in minde, or outwardly in bodie. By H. Holland, minister and preacher of Gods word.	Holland, Henry, 1555 or 6-1603.	1596 (1596)	STC 13586; ESTC S104147	181,008	249

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&_o shave_v his_o head_n 14.1_o the_o lord_n care_v not_o for_o the_o rent_v of_o the_o clothes_n he_o will_v have_v the_o heart_n rend_v joel._n 2.16_o mica_n 1._o for_o 16._o deut._n 14.1_o these_o be_v usual_a sign_n of_o great_a sorrow_n &_o mourning_n in_o those_o time_n and_o country_n but_o the_o lord_n forbid_v they_o afterward_o in_o his_o law_n we_o see_v the_o like_a in_o job_n friend_n cap._n 2.12_o in_o jacob_n for_o joseph_n gen._n 37.34_o the_o prophet_n micahtel_v judah_n and_o israel_n of_o their_o destruction_n and_o bid_v they_o lament_v make_v thou_o bald_a and_o shave_v thou_o for_o thy_o delicate_a child_n enlarge_v thy_o baldness_n as_o the_o eagle_n for_o they_o be_v go_v into_o captivity_n from_o thou_o that_o be_v do_v as_o the_o gentile_n do_v in_o the_o like_a

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