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	faith_n	infallibility_n	1,857	5	11.4967	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52412	An account of reason & faith in relation to the mysteries of Christianity / by John Norris.	Norris, John, 1657-1711.	1697 (1697)	Wing N1243; ESTC R17698	127,080	368

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