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	rome_n	4,081	5	7.0107	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63078	A poem occasioned by the late discontents & disturbances in the state with reflections upon the rise and progress of priest-craft / written by N. Tate.	Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.	1691 (1691)	Wing T206; ESTC R28193	12,392	34

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