Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	believe_v	church_n	err_v	1,967	5	9.6697	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08102	A godlie treatise of the Church. Written by Robert Some..	Some, Robert, 1542-1609.	1582-1583? (1583)	STC 22910; ESTC S95257	42,376	122

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