Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	good_a	spirit_n	word_n	4,029	5	3.9896	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80396	A pattern of mercy. Opened in a sermon at St. Pauls, before the Right Honorable, the Lord Mayor, and the Lord General Monck: February 12. 1659. / By Tobias Conyers, minister at St. Ethelberts, London.	Conyers, Tobias, 1628-1687.	1660 (1660)	Wing C5994; Thomason E774_8; ESTC R207295	28,966	47

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god_n no_o rancour_n exasperation_n

be_v all_o the_o debtor_n of_o heaven_n god_n for_o christ_n sake_n do_v forgive_v we_o many_o talent_n the_o wicked_a servant_n be_v he_o that_o take_v his_o brother_n by_o the_o throat_n without_o all_o mercy_n and_o pity_n &_o will_v not_o forgive_v those_o few_o penny_n that_o his_o brother_n owe_v he_o the_o servant_n be_v sorrowful_a show_v how_o much_o it_o trouble_v good_a man_n to_o see_v their_o fellow-creature_n so_o hardly_o deal_v with_o the_o king_n anger_n express_v the_o wrath_n of_o god_n kindle_v against_o those_o who_o be_v find_v guilty_a of_o this_o great_a cruelty_n and_o ingratitude_n cruelty_n against_o their_o brethren_n ingratitude_n against_o their_o father_n that_o when_o god_n have_v forgive_v unto_o they_o ten_o thousand_o talent_n they_o will_v not_o for_o christ_n sake_n forgive_v unto_o their_o brethren_n a_o hundred_o penny_n god_n draw_v we_o with_o the_o cord_n of_o a_o man_n i._n e._n with_o such_o reason_n and_o argument_n as_o be_v proper_a to_o 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