Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	false_a	know_v	true_a	4,114	5	4.5846	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75886	A fannatick's testimony against swearing; being an ansvver to four books, published by John Tombes, Jeremiah Ives, and Theophilus Brabourne; but more especially to that by Henry Den. By Henry Adis, a baptized believer, undergoing the name of a free-willer; and also most ignomineously by the tongue of infamy, called a fannatick, or a mad man.	Adis, Henry.	1661 (1661)	Wing A583; Thomason E1084_2; ESTC R36719	46,294	50

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matth._n 5._o and_o james_n 5._o be_v a_o matter_n of_o no_o small_a dangerous_a consequence_n for_o say_v our_o saviour_n whosoever_o shall_v break_v one_o of_o these_o least_o commandment_n and_o teach_v man_n so_o shall_v be_v call_v least_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n matth._n 5.19_o and_o therefore_o i_o shall_v desire_v thou_o to_o query_n serious_o with_o thy_o own_o conscience_n whether_o thou_o come_v not_o under_o that_o woe_n of_o christ_n matth._n 22.13_o pronounce_v against_o those_o who_o will_v not_o only_o refuse_v to_o go_v in_o themselves_o nor_o yet_o suffer_v other_o to_o enter_v the_o next_o thing_n thou_o tell_v we_o of_o to_o persuade_v we_o to_o swear_v be_v that_o there_o be_v no_o nation_n so_o barbarous_a but_o do_v acknowledge_v the_o religious_a use_n of_o a_o oath_n in_o call_v their_o god_n to_o witness_n to_o which_o i_o answer_v if_o the_o heathen_a and_o barbarous_a people_n which_o have_v no_o knowledge_n of_o the_o true_a god_n do_v swear_v 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