Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	gospel_n	hear_v	word_n	3,919	5	4.5807	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04499	An epistle in the person of Christ to the faithfull soule, written first by that learned Lanspergius, and after translated into English by one of no small fame, whose good example of sufferance & liuing, hath and wilbe a memoriall vnto his countrie and posteritie for euer; Alloquia Jesu Christi ad animam fidelem. English	Lansperger, Johannes Justus, 1489-1539.; Arundel, Philip Howard, Earl of, Saint, 1557-1595.; Marulić, Marko, 1450-1524. Dialogue betwixt a Christian, and Christ hanging on the crosse. aut	1595 (1595)	STC 14627; ESTC S105775	112,859	336

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