Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	great_a	lord_n	way_n	3,966	5	4.6102	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76068	A sermon shewing the meanes how we may escape the damnation of Hell. To which end it was preached and is published by N.B.	Basely, N.	1649 (1649)	Wing B1012; Thomason E579_4; ESTC R206165	14,766	23

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