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
A62878	Væ scandalizantium, or, A treatise of scandalizing wherein the necessity, nature, sorts, and evills of scandalizing, are handled, with resolution of many questions thereto pertaining / preached at Lemster, in Herefordshire by Iohn Tombes ...	Tombes, John, 1603?-1676.	1641 (1641)	Wing T1827; ESTC R21407	96,654	466

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master_n cattle_n but_o most_o careful_a of_o their_o child_n so_o ought_v christian_n to_o be_v careful_a of_o not_o offend_v evil_a man_n who_o be_v god_n creature_n but_o most_o careful_a not_o to_o offend_v the_o godly_a who_o be_v his_o child_n yet_o that_o the_o resolution_n of_o this_o question_n may_v be_v more_o full_a i_o conceive_v that_o unbeliever_n or_o evil_a person_n be_v different_o considerable_a in_o this_o matter_n of_o not_o scandalize_a they_o according_a to_o the_o diversity_n of_o their_o estrangednesse_n from_o the_o true_a faith_n or_o obedience_n for_o 1._o there_o be_v some_o who_o though_o they_o yet_o profess_v not_o the_o truth_n nor_o show_v themselves_o to_o be_v regenerate_v have_v yet_o some_o beginning_n of_o affection_n to_o the_o truth_n we_o profess_v and_o the_o obedience_n we_o practise_v that_o be_v less_o vicious_a more_o inclinable_a to_o hearken_v to_o the_o truth_n then_o some_o other_o that_o begin_v to_o perceive_v some_o part_n of_o 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