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
A64834	Sin, the plague of plagues, or, Sinful sin the worst of evils a treatise of sins tryal and arraignment, wherein sin is accused for being, proved to be, and condemned for being exceeding sinful : and that 1. as against God, his nature, attributes, works, will, law, image, people, glory and existence, 2. as against man, his good and welfare of body and soul, in this life, and that to come : with the use and improvement to be made of this doctrine, that men may not be damned, but saved, &c. : being the substance of many sermons preached many years ago in Southwark / by Ralph Venning ...	Venning, Ralph, 1621?-1674.	1669 (1669)	Wing V226; ESTC R38391	212,020	400

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deed_n that_o then_o do_v mat._n 15.20_o and_o from_o this_o unclean_a fountain_n issue_v forth_o all_o that_o defile_v the_o man_n sin_n have_v make_v the_o heart_n of_o man_n deceitful_a and_o desperate_o wicked_a jerem._n 17.9_o and_o its_o harden_a in_o impenitency_n through_o the_o deceitfulness_n of_o sin_n hebr._n 3.12_o 13._o yea_o though_o thereby_o man_n do_v nothing_o but_o undo_v himself_o and_o treasure_n up_o wrath_n against_o the_o day_n of_o wrath_n rom._n 2.5_o it_o make_v man_n obstinate_a that_o he_o will_v not_o be_v save_v but_o will_v be_v damn_v you_o will_v not_o come_v to_o i_o that_o you_o may_v have_v life_n joh._n 5.40_o as_o for_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n we_o will_v not_o hearken_v but_o we_o will_v certain_o do_v whatsoever_o thing_n go_v forth_o out_o of_o our_o own_o mouth_n jerem._n 44.16_o 17._o and_o it_o be_v out_o of_o the_o abundance_n of_o folly_n and_o madness_n that_o be_v in_o man_n heart_n and_o bind_v up_o there_o that_o they_o thus_o 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the_o flesh_n and_o spirit_n as_o if_o it_o be_v one_o with_o we_o as_o the_o leopard_n spot_n and_o the_o aethiopian_n blackness_n there_o be_v a_o leprosy_n so_o inveterate_a that_o though_o they_o scrap_v the_o house_n round_o about_o and_o within_o and_o throw_v out_o the_o dust_n though_o they_o take_v other_o stone_n and_o mortar_n yet_o it_o return_v again_o levit._n 14._o when_o distemper_n become_v as_o it_o be_v natural_a and_o be_v in_o the_o constitution_n they_o be_v hard_a to_o be_v cure_v it_o be_v not_o easy_a obliterate_v that_o which_o be_v write_v with_o a_o pen_n of_o iron_n and_o the_o point_n of_o a_o diamond_n it_o be_v difficult_a to_o soften_v a_o heart_n of_o stone_n beside_o this_o filthiness_n have_v have_v long_a possession_n even_o time_n out_o of_o mind_n it_o plead_v prescription_n so_o long_o a_o custom_n be_v become_v a_o law_n and_o as_o another_o nature_n jer._n 13.23_o yea_o to_o show_v how_o hard_o it_o be_v to_o be_v cure_v and_o root_v out_o we_o 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