Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	darkness_n	light_n	shine_v	2,493	5	8.8882	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43546	A sermon preached before the convocation of the clergy in Ireland at the Cathedral Church of S. Patricks in Dublin, May 9, anno 1661, at the time of their general receiving the H. Communion / by Tho. Hacket.	Hackett, Thomas, d. 1697.	1662 (1662)	Wing H173; ESTC R25047	22,156	33

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