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	great_a	word_n	1,780	5	3.6962	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35189	The young mans monitor, or, A modest offer toward the pious, and vertuous composure of life from youth to riper years by Samuel Crossman.	Crossman, Samuel, 1624?-1684.; Crossman, Samuel, 1624?-1684. Young mans meditation.	1664 (1664)	Wing C7276; ESTC R24109	112,999	295

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