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	faith_n	justify_v	5,380	5	8.8463	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80868	Soveraign omnipotency the saint's security in evil days Discoursed and concluded from Rom. IV. xvii, xviii.	Crompton, William, 1599?-1642.	1682 (1682)	Wing C7032A; ESTC R231868	61,231	175

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