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	john_n	son_n	4,500	5	5.8945	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62378	An exposition vvith notes on the whole fourth chapter to the the Romanes wherein the grand question of justification by faith alone, without works, is controverted, stated, cleared, and fully resolved ... / by William Sclater, Doctor in Divinity, sometimes minister of Gods word at Pitminster, in Summerset ; now published by his son, William Sclater, Batchelar in Divinity, minister at Collompton in Devon.	Sclater, William, 1575-1626.; Sclater, William, 1609-1661.	1650 (1650)	Wing S918; ESTC R37207	141,740	211

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nostra_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o conclusion_n be_v this_o omnium_fw-la igitur_fw-la piorum_fw-la sub_fw-la hoc_fw-la onere_fw-la corruptibilis_fw-la carnis_fw-la &_o in_o istius_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la infirmitate_fw-la gementium_fw-la spes_fw-la una_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la advocatum_fw-la habeamus_fw-la apud_fw-la patrem_fw-la etc._n etc._n thus_o far_o we_o have_v avow_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o controversy_n by_o ground_n of_o scripture_n and_o father_n whereto_o if_o any_o shall_v object_v that_o father_n deal_n against_o pelagian_o only_a i_o answer_v that_o their_o ground_n conclude_v as_o well_v papist_n as_o pelagian_n as_o to_o their_o objection_n they_o be_v the_o same_o that_o of_o old_a be_v make_v by_o pelagian_o as_o 1._o christ_n say_v of_o his_o yoke_n it_o be_v easy_a matth._n 11.30_o s._n john_n that_o his_o commandment_n be_v not_o grievous_a 1._o john_n 5.3_o answ_n say_v hierome_n poise_n but_o a_o piece_n of_o the_o yoke_n a_o little_a portion_n of_o the_o 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