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
A52122	A relation of the labour, travail and suffering of that faithful servant of the Lord Alice Curwen Who departed this life the 7th day of the 6th moneth, 1679. and resteth in peace with the Lord.	Martindell, Anne.	1680 (1680)	Wing M857; ESTC R215534	47,683	77

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