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	know_v	8,213	5	4.2899	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45432	Daily thoughts, or, A miscellany of meditations holy & humane by Jos. Henshaw.	Henshaw, Joseph, 1603-1679.	1651 (1651)	Wing H57; ESTC R25711	25,049	128

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nothing_o too_o much_o for_o thy_o friend_n which_o be_v not_o too_o much_o for_o thy_o estate_n hospitality_n bid_v thy_o friend_n welcome_a and_o providence_n make_v thou_o able_a to_o bid_v they_o welcome_n if_o hospitality_n be_v the_o life_n of_o neighbourhood_n providence_n be_v the_o life_n of_o hospitality_n he_o be_v not_o thy_o friend_n that_o expect_v more_o than_o thou_o be_v well_o able_a thou_o be_v not_o thy_o own_o friend_n if_o thou_o do_v less_o to_o live_v above_o thy_o mean_n be_v folly_n to_o live_v too_o far_o below_o thy_o mean_n be_v a_o disparagement_n do_v all_o like_v thyself_o so_o as_o may_v neither_o weaken_v thy_o respect_n nor_o thy_o estate_n love_n not_o ill_a company_n lest_o thou_o learn_v the_o ill_a of_o the_o company_n it_o be_v hard_a not_o to_o be_v like_o the_o company_n thou_o keep_v it_o be_v rare_a if_o we_o deny_v not_o christ_n in_o caiphas_n his_o house_n with_o solomon_n it_o be_v hard_o have_v the_o ethiopian_a without_o her_o idol_n 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