Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	follow_v	life_n	way_n	4,821	5	5.7916	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46799	Practical discourses upon the morality of the Gospel	Jenks, Sylvester, 1656?-1714.	1699 (1699)	Wing J630D; ESTC R220354	63,738	198

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