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	word_n	14,132	5	4.8692	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53518	A Sermon preached in an Anabaptist meeting in Wapping, on Sunday the 19th of February by the reverend T.O., D.D. upon this text, Heb. Ch. XI, v. 1, Faith is the evidence of things not seen.		1699 (1699)	Wing O55; ESTC R16261	8,273	14

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