Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	argue_v	civil_a	great_a	19	3	2.0729	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75732	The legislative povver is Christ's peculiar prerogative. Proved from the 9th of Isaiah, vers. 6.7. / By W.A.	Aspinwall, William, fl. 1648-1662.	1656 (1656)	Wing A4007; Thomason E498_4; ESTC R205981	64,555	56

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