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
A93153	A few words concerning the fast which God requires the antiquity, necessity, and universality of it.	Shewen, William, 1631?-1695.	1680 (1680)	Wing S3422; ESTC R42493	7,259	15

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