Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	grace_n	jesus_n	law_n	4,649	5	5.3571	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47146	The fundamental truths of Christianity briefly hinted at by way of question and answer : to which is added a treatise of prayer in the same method / by George Keith.	Keith, George, 1639?-1716.; Barclay, Robert, 1648-1690.	1688 (1688)	Wing K168; ESTC R14276	61,969	152

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