Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	church_n	doctrine_n	true_a	12,016	5	5.4853	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51824	A short view of the most gracious providence of God in the Restoration and Succession, May 29, 1685	Manningham, Thomas, 1651?-1722.	1685 (1685)	Wing M507; ESTC R8136	7,130	30

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