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	lie_v	speak_v	1,709	5	4.3933	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85498	The saints hony-comb, full of divine truths, touching both Christian belief, and a Christians life, in two centuries. By Richard Gove.	Gove, R. (Richard), 1587-1668.	1652 (1652)	Wing G1454; Thomason E1313_1; ESTC R202241	83,389	226

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god_n and_o his_o righteousness_n mat._n 6._o 33._o god_n kingdom_n and_o his_o righteousness_n livelihood_n must_v be_v seek_v first_o in_o each_o man_n life_n first_o in_o each_o day_n of_o man_n life_n and_o first_o in_o each_o business_n of_o each_o day_n eccles._n 12._o 1._o psal._n 119._o 147._o 1_o cor._n 10._o 31._o expression_n xxviii_o how_o we_o must_v not_o unjust_o deprave_v nor_o unjust_o deprive_v those_o of_o their_o dignity_n and_o office_n that_o have_v not_o deserve_v it_o i_o have_v read_v of_o a_o reverend_a and_o religious_a 451._o archbishop_n who_o be_v a_o long_a time_n deprave_v and_o in_o the_o end_n deprive_v of_o his_o dignity_n and_o office_n by_o two_o corrupt_a cardinal_n his_o judge_n and_o a_o false-hearted_a advocate_n his_o familiar_a friend_n out_o of_o the_o bitterness_n of_o his_o spirit_n make_v this_o appeal_n from_o they_o unto_o the_o lord_n of_o heaven_n god_n know_v say_v he_o to_o who_o all_o thing_n be_v naked_a that_o i_o be_o unjust_o 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profess_v a_o kind_n of_o eremitage_n and_o yet_o neither_o the_o one_o a_o pattern_n of_o popish_a pilgrimage_n nor_o the_o other_o of_o their_o eremitical_a life_n 4._o some_o be_v occasion_v by_o special_a necessity_n of_o time_n or_o appearance_n of_o scandal_n so_o primitive_a christian_n have_v all_o thing_n common_a act_n 4._o 32._o and_o paul_n make_v his_o hand_n to_o minister_v to_o his_o necessity_n act_n 20._o 34._o and_o yet_o here_o be_v neither_o foot_n for_o anabaptistical_a community_n nor_o for_o minister_n use_v manual_a labour_n except_o where_o case_n and_o time_n be_v alike_o last_o some_o be_v according_a with_o the_o general_a law_n moral_a as_o those_o of_o patience_n humility_n obedience_n etc._n etc._n and_o herein_o indeed_o be_v our_o bond_n of_o imitation_n expression_n xxxi_o that_o all_o be_v not_o alike_o carnal_a nor_o alike_o spiritual_a there_o be_v say_v saint_n austin_n three_o 59_o sort_n of_o man_n some_o be_v only_a spirit_n without_o flesh_n such_o be_v the_o saint_n in_o heaven_n some_o be_v only_a flesh_n without_o spirit_n such_o be_v man_n unregenerate_a and_o some_o again_o be_v partly_o flesh_n and_o partly_o spirit_n and_o such_o be_v all_o the_o regenerate_a expression_n xxxii_o that_o man_n be_v apt_a to_o take_v notice_n of_o other_o man_n mortality_n than_o of_o their_o own_o for_o here_o it_o be_v as_o when_o two_o boat_n meet_v upon_o 29._o the_o water_n they_o which_o be_v in_o the_o one_o seem_v to_o themselves_o as_o if_o their_o boat_n stand_v still_o and_o that_o the_o other_o go_v swift_o whereas_o in_o truth_n they_o make_v alike_o speed_n both_o of_o they_o so_o man_n be_v ready_a to_o think_v that_o though_o other_o run_v towards_o death_n with_o post_a haste_n yet_o they_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n stand_v at_o a_o stay_n expression_n xxxiii_o that_o it_o be_v a_o sure_a sign_n we_o love_v god_n when_o we_o love_v our_o brethren_n for_o as_o line_n in_o a_o circle_n draw_v from_o the_o proximum_fw-la 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a_o epiphany_n so_o do_v these_o the_o family_n by_o this_o ungodly_a contention_n expression_n lxxxv_o that_o the_o doubt_n which_o a_o christian_n find_v in_o his_o heart_n must_v not_o discourage_v he_o from_o go_v to_o god_n for_o comfort_n and_o salvation_n 509._o for_o it_o be_v with_o god_n child_n as_o it_o be_v with_o the_o leper_n in_o the_o famine_n of_o samaria_n 2_o chron._n 30._o 19_o 2_o king_n 7._o 34._o the_o syrian_n they_o know_v have_v food_n and_o samaria_n have_v none_o and_o therefore_o they_o resolve_v to_o venture_v abroad_o yet_o this_o they_o do_v not_o without_o much_o doubt_v and_o distrust_n because_o the_o syrian_n who_o they_o shall_v meet_v with_o be_v their_o enemy_n howsoever_o this_o resolution_n overruled_a they_o because_o in_o their_o present_a estate_n they_o be_v su●e_n to_o perish_v in_o the_o other_o there_o be_v room_n for_o hope_n and_o a_o possibility_n of_o live_v and_o that_o carry_v they_o to_o hester_n resolution_n hest._n 4._o 16._o 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