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	error_n	2,760	5	7.5261	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61497	The English case, exactly set down by Hezekiah's reformation in a court sermon at Paris / Dr. Steward ...	Steward, Richard, 1593?-1651.	1687 (1687)	Wing S5521; ESTC R3486	21,870	37

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