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	holy_a	word_n	6,560	5	4.2187	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65224	Divine poems written by Thomas Washbourne ...; Poems. Selections	Washbourne, Thomas, 1606-1687.; Phillips, Edward, 1630-1696?	1654 (1654)	Wing W1025; ESTC R20784	59,365	164

which_o it_o be_v hard_a to_o sail_v and_o not_o be_v shipwrack_v here_o profaneness_n stand_v with_o all_o its_o brood_n of_o vice_n at_o i●s_n tail_n there_o superstition_n with_o its_o numerous_a band_n of_o false_a tradition_n it_o be_v the_o main_a intent_n of_o our_o late_a pilot_n between_o both_o to_o steer_v but_o froward_a fate_n to_o seaman_n incident_a make_v they_o mistake_v their_o way_n for_o while_o they_o fear_v to_o sink_v into_o the_o gulf_n of_o superstition_n they_o in_o the_o gulf_n of_o profanation_n fall_v and_o in_o the_o furious_a heat_n of_o opposition_n against_o papist_n be_v like_a to_o turn_v atheist_n all_o so_o some_o of_o the_o ancient_a father_n in_o dispute_n against_o one_o heresy_n do_v too_o much_o bend_v unto_o another_o and_o their_o arrow_n shoot_v beside_o the_o mark_n thus_o mar_v what_o they_o will_v mend_v but_o can_v we_o keep_v in_o the_o middle_a region_n except_o we_o sink_v too_o low_a or_o soar_v too_o high_a be_v there_o no_o moderate_a temper_n in_o religion_n but_o we_o must_v either_o scorch_a or_o freeze_a die_v what_o have_v the_o church_n no_o habitable_a part_n betwixt_o the_o torrid_a and_o the_o freeze_a zone_n nor_o have_v the_o churchman_n learn_v as_o yet_o the_o art_n on_o the_o moralist_n that_o virtue_n lean_v to_o none_o of_o the_o extreme_n but_o in_o the_o centre_n lie_v so_o do_v religious_a truth_n if_o we_o can_v find_v its_o tract_n out_o but_o the_o fault_n be_v in_o our_o eye_n that_o will_v not_o see_v or_o rather_o in_o our_o mind_n that_o will_v not_o keep_v the_o road_n and_o safe_a way_n which_o by_o the_o best_a and_o wise_a man_n be_v go_v but_o rather_o through_o unbeaten_a desert_n stray_v which_o lead_v to_o nothing_o but_o confusion_n o_o god_n be_v thou_o out_o pilat_z once_o again_o or_o put_v some_o pharos_n up_o that_o by_o the_o light_n our_o ship_n the_o church_n may_v sail_v safe_a through_o the_o main_a and_o not_o be_v swallow_v by_o these_o gulf_n in_o the_o 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