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	sacrament_n	3,783	5	7.5994	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02359	Three rare monuments of antiquitie, or Bertram, priest, a French-man, of the body and blood of Christ, (written 800 yeares agoe) with the late Romish purging thereof: Ælfricus, Arch-bishop of Canterburie, an English-man, his sermon of the sacrament, (preached 627 yeares agoe:) and Maurus, abbot, a Scots-man, his discourse of the same (820 yeares agoe:) all stronglie convincing that grosse errour of transubstantiation. Translated and compacted by M. VVilliam Guild, minister at King-Edward; De corpore et sanguine Domini. English. Abridgments	Ratramnus, monk of Corbie, d. ca. 868.; Guild, William, 1586-1657.; Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham. Sermo de sacrificio in die Pascae. aut; Rabanus Maurus, Archbishop of Mainz, 784?-856. De sacramento Eucharistiae. aut	1624 (1624)	STC 12492; ESTC S103528	49,280	152

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water_n that_o push_v out_o of_o the_o rock_n be_v partaker_n of_o christ_n his_o body_n and_o blood_n otherwise_o they_o shall_v no●_n 〈◊〉_d unto_o the_o faithful_a in_o the_o old_a testam●t_o that_o which_o th●y_a 〈◊〉_d but_o all_o the_o form●_n non_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d of_o they_o require_v not_o the_o ●o_o porall_a prefence_n of_o that_o which_o they_o signi●●ied_v ther●oe_v according_a to_o the_o invisible_a efficacy_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n only_o they_o have_v their_o 〈◊〉_d mendell_a force●_n as_o do_v the_o lord_n sup_v ●_o 10_o argument_n from_o the_o internal_a matter_n of_o the_o sacrament_n our_o ●_z be_v m●d●_n pa●t●k●ts_v of_o christ_n but_o we_o be_v m●de_v 〈◊〉_d of_o christ_n 〈◊〉_d both_o we_o and_o they_o of_o one_o thing_n 11._o argument_n from_o o●●_n feleo●_n purveyor_n o●_n that_o spiritual_a and_o ●●●●●●lie_a food_n the_o angel_n do_v not●_n 〈◊〉_d of_o that_o corporal_a manna_n 〈◊〉_d of_o that_o spiritual_a therefore_o even_o so_o the_o faithful_a not_o in_o a_o 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