Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	death_n	life_n	sin_n	3,543	5	4.6222	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30530	A just and lawful tryal of the teachers and professed ministers of his age and generation by a perfect proceeding against them, and hereby they are righteously examined ... : whereunto is added, A short description of the true ministry of Christ ... justified by the people of God called Quakers, in England / by ... Edward Burrough.	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1660 (1660)	Wing B6010; ESTC R14657	26,375	26

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