Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	faith_n	life_n	true_a	3,991	5	4.8169	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60847	Some remarkable passages in the holy life and death of Gervase Disney, Esq. to which are added several letters and poems.	Disney, Gervase, 1641-1691.	1692 (1692)	Wing S4594; ESTC R33846	111,400	321

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