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	receive_v	word_n	4,831	5	4.4556	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51674	Father Malebranche his treatise concerning the search after truth The whole work complete. To which is added the author's Treatise of nature and grace: being a consequence of the principles contained in the search. Together with his answer to the animadversions upon the first volume: his defence against the accusations of Monsieur De la Ville, &c. relating to the same subject. All translated by T. Taylor, M.A. late of Magdalen College in Oxford.	Malebranche, Nicolas, 1638-1715.; Taylor, Thomas, 1669 or 70-1735.; Malebranche, Nicolas, 1638-1715. Traité de la nature et de la grace. English.	1700 (1700)	Wing M318; ESTC R3403	829,942	418

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conf._n s._n aug._n lib._n 10._o cap._n 26._o 26._o v._o quint._n curt._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 8._o int●s_n in_o domicilio_fw-la cogitationis_fw-la nec_fw-la hebraea_n nec_fw-la graca_n nec_fw-la latina_n nec_fw-la barbara_n veritas_fw-la sine_fw-la oris_fw-la &_o linguae_fw-la organis_fw-la sine_fw-la strepi●●_n syllabarum_fw-la confess_v s._n aug._n l._n 11._o c._n 3._o 3._o videtur_fw-la quasi_fw-la ipse_fw-la a_o te_fw-la occidere_fw-la cum_fw-la tu_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la occidas_fw-la aug._n in_o psal._n 25._o nam_fw-la etiam_fw-la sol_fw-la iste_fw-la &_o videntis_fw-la faciem_fw-la illustrat_fw-la &_o caeci_fw-la ambobus_fw-la sol_fw-la praesens_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la praesente_fw-la sole_a unus_fw-la absens_fw-la est_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o sapientia_fw-la dei_fw-la dominus_fw-la j._n c._n ubique_fw-la praesens_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la ubique_fw-la est_fw-la veritas_fw-la ubique_fw-la sapientia_fw-la aug._n in_o joan._n tract_n 35._o what_o i_o here_o say_v of_o the_o union_n 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