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	walk_v	4,073	5	8.1342	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09151	The testaments of the [twelue] patriarches the sonnes [of] Iacob: translated out of the Greeke [into] Latine by Robert Grosthed, some[time] Byshop of Lyncolne, and out of his copye into French and Dutch by others: Now Englished by A. G. To the credit whereof an auncient Greeke copye written in parchment, is kept in the Vniversitie Library of Cambridge.; Testamentum duodecim patriarcharum. English.	Gilby, Anthony, ca. 1510-1585.; Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253.; Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606, attributed name.	1576 (1576)	STC 19467; ESTC S113653	69,583	168

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as_o i_o bewray_v the_o secret_n of_o god_n and_o of_o my_o father_n jacob_n to_o bethsue_v the_o chananite_n tyme._n which_o god_n have_v forbid_v to_o be_v disclose_v also_o wine_n be_v a_o cause_n of_o war_n and_o sedition_n moreover_o i_o charge_v you_o my_o son_n that_o you_o love_v not_o money_n ●e_v look_v upon_o the_o beauty_n of_o woman_n for_o money_n and_o womanly_a beauty_n make_v i_o to_o overshoot_v myself_o in_o bethsue_n the_o chananite_n and_o i_o be_o sure_a that_o these_o two_o thing_n shall_v corrupt_v my_o offspring_n and_o mar_v the_o wise_a man_n of_o my_o lineage_n and_o hurt_v the_o kingdom_n of_o juda_n which_o god_n have_v give_v i_o for_o obey_v my_o father_n profitable_a for_o i_o never_o repine_v at_o my_o father_n jacob_n commandment_n but_o do_v whatsoever_o he_o bid_v i_o and_o abraham_n the_o father_n of_o my_o father_n bless_a i_o to_o fight_v for_o israel_n and_o so_o do_v isaac_n bless_v i_o likewise_o and_o i_o know_v that_o the_o kingdom_n shall_v 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