Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	father_n	holy_a	spirit_n	8,932	5	5.4539	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76951	XL. questions concerning the soule· Propounded by Dr. Balthasar Walter· And answered, by Jacob Behmen. Aliàs Teutonicus Philosophus. And in his answer to the first question is the turned eye, or, philosophick globe. (Which in it selfe containeth all mysteries) with an exposition of it. VVritten in the Germane language. Anno. 1620.; Viertzig Fragen von der Seelen Urstand, Essentz, Wesen, Natur und Eisenschafft. English	Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.; Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624. Clavis. English.; Sparrow, John, 1615-1665?.; Walther, Balthaser, 1586-1640.; Simons, Matthew, d. 1654, printer.	1647 (1647)	Wing B3408A; ESTC R172808	191,083	216

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