Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	blood_n	body_n	figure_n	2,133	5	8.7987	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20468	Contemplations, sighes, and groanes of a Christian. Written in Latine, by Iohn Michael Dilherrus. And Englished by William Style of the Inner Temple, Esquire; Contemplationes et suspiria hominis Christiani. English	Dilherr, Johannes Michael, 1604-1669.; Style, William, 1603-1679.	1640 (1640)	STC 6879; ESTC S109707	124,554	324

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thou_o virtue_n of_o my_o soul_n let_v thy_o most_o powerful_a worth_n perfect_a that_o which_o my_o most_o chill_a weakness_n do_v endeavour_n my_o life_n thou_o end_v of_o my_o intention_n though_o i_o have_v not_o love_v thou_o so_o much_o as_o i_o ought_v to_o love_v thou_o yet_o do_v i_o at_o least_o desire_n to_o love_v thou_o as_o much_o as_o i_o ought_v o_o jesus_n let_v this_o word_n always_o stick_v in_o my_o memory_n it_o be_v finish_v when_o sin_n and_o damnation_n shall_v band_v themselves_o against_o i_o wrestle_v with_o the_o pang_n of_o death_n and_o shall_v present_v unto_o i_o my_o ugly_a life_n make_v deform_v by_o my_o sin_n let_v i_o be_v able_a then_o to_o say_v the_o sacrifice_n for_o my_o sin_n be_v finish_v for_o thou_o be_v the_o lamb_n of_o god_n that_o take_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n thou_o have_v not_o redeem_v i_o with_o corruptible_a silver_n and_o gold_n but_o with_o thy_o most_o precious_a blood_n as_o it_o be_v of_o a_o unspotted_a 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thou_o seem_v scarce_o a_o man_n but_o a_o worm_n yet_o in_o thy_o seven_o and_o last_o word_n before_o thou_o give_v up_o the_o ghost_n tho-shewedst_a thyself_o not_o a_o man_n only_o but_o even_o set_v above_o the_o reach_n of_o man_n power_n for_o when_o thou_o be_v about_o to_o breathe_v out_o thy_o most_o holy_a spirit_n thou_o cry_v out_o father_n into_o thy_o hand_n i_o commend_v my_o spirit_n ah_o what_o a_o mournful_a lamentable_a sad_a and_o miserable_a silence_n be_v there_o when_o mournful_a lamentable_a sad_a and_o miserable_a man_n be_v command_v to_o breathe_v forth_o his_o soul_n how_o silent_a faint_a and_o how_o dead_a as_o it_o be_v be_v all_o thing_n before_o death_n our_o deathbed_n take_v

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