Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	doctrine_n	scripture_n	tradition_n	1,683	5	8.8849	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79473	Chillingworthi novissima. Or, The sicknesse, heresy, death and buriall of William Chillingworth. (In his own phrase) Clerk of Oxford, and in the conceit of his fellow souldiers, the Queens arch-engineer, and grand-intelligencer. Set forth in a letter to his eminent and learned friends, a relation of his apprehension at Arundell, a discovery of his errours in a briefe catechism, and a shorr [sic] oration at the buriall of his hereticall book. By Francis Cheynell, late fellow of Merton Colledge. Published by authority.	Cheynell, Francis, 1608-1665.	1644 (1644)	Wing C3810; Thomason E36_7; ESTC R13256	46,148	66

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dissimulation_n and_o hypocrisy_n p._n 132._o man_n may_v do_v well_o to_o take_v notice_n that_o mr_n chillingworth_n do_v account_v something_o damnable_a and_o i_o note_v this_o the_o rather_o at_o this_o time_n because_o man_n be_v so_o apt_a to_o profess_v one_o thing_n in_o one_o place_n and_o another_o thing_n in_o another_o in_o these_o day_n of_o liberty_n and_o to_o join_v with_o other_o in_o the_o practice_n of_o that_o which_o they_o inward_o dislike_v yet_o mr_n chillingworth_n say_v that_o if_o in_o he_o alone_o there_o shall_v have_v meet_v a_o confluence_n of_o all_o the_o error_n which_o all_o the_o protestant_n in_o the_o world_n have_v fall_v into_o out_o of_o human_a frailty_n he_o will_v not_o be_v so_o much_o afraid_a of_o they_o all_o as_o to_o ask_v pardon_n for_o they_o because_o to_o ask_v pardon_n for_o they_o be_v