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	ground_n	pillar_n	16,417	5	10.6783	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01974	Gods three arrovves plague, famine, svvord, in three treatises. I. A plaister for the plague. II. Dearths death. III. The Churches conquest over the sword. By William Gouge Doctor in Divinity, and preacher of Gods Word in Black-Friers, London.	Gouge, William, 1578-1653.; Gouge, William, 1578-1653. Dignitie of chivalrie.; Gods three arrowes. aut	1631 (1631)	STC 12116; ESTC S103284	362,085	493

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but_o defer_v the_o execution_n of_o punishment_n §._o 14._o of_o misjudging_a a_o profession_n by_o outward_a judgement_n it_o be_v so_o evident_a that_o famine_n befall_v pious_a polity_n it_o 12._o audlant_fw-fr qui_fw-fr temerè_fw-la &_o incircum_fw-la spectè_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la &_o divinant_fw-la dicentes_fw-la quoniam_fw-la quispia_fw-la madvenit_fw-la same_z facta_fw-la ecce_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o adtentu_fw-la justi_fw-la fames_fw-la etc._n etc._n chrys_n hom._n 32._o in_o gen._n 12._o must_v needs_o be_v a_o perverse_a ground_n of_o censure_n to_o question_v a_o religion_n and_o the_o truth_n thereof_o by_o reason_n of_o such_o a_o event_n be_v there_o any_o true_a church_n in_o the_o world_n but_o the_o church_n of_o the_o jew_n while_o that_o polity_n stand_v yet_o be_v there_o no_o external_a judgement_n from_o which_o that_o be_v not_o exempt_v a_o religion_n may_v be_v sound_a and_o good_a though_o the_o professor_n thereof_o through_o their_o unworthy_a walk_v pull_v 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