Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	christian_n	evident_a	great_a	136	3	2.0711	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44433	Discourses, or, Sermons on several Scriptures by ... Ezekiel late Lord Bishop of London-Derry.	Hopkins, Ezekiel, 1634-1690.	1691 (1691)	Wing H2729; ESTC R31535	75,889	298

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