Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	bring_v	life_n	way_n	2,680	5	4.9201	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04091	A sermon preached before the honorable assembly of knights, citizens, and burgesses of the lower house of Parliament, February the last, 1623 by Isaac Bargrave ...	Bargrave, Isaac, 1586-1643.	1624 (1624)	STC 1415.5; ESTC S1423	12,591	44

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