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	scripture_n	9,703	5	6.2087	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53968	A sermon preached upon September the 9th, 1683 being a Thanksgiving Day for a late deliverance from a fanatick-conspiracy / by Edward Pelling ... ; printed in his own defence.	Pelling, Edward, d. 1718.	1683 (1683)	Wing P1094; ESTC R38188	15,408	38

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