Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	heart_n	lord_n	sincerity_n	1,662	5	9.7763	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67691	The method of salvation In two parts. I. A sinner's conversion to saving faith in God through Christ. II. The progress of a believer from his conversion to his perfection, under the work of sanctification. By John Warren, M.A. sometime minister of the gospel at Hatfield Broad-Oak in Essex.	Warren, John, minister of Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex.	1696 (1696)	Wing W975; ESTC R219940	84,414	163

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to_o they_o in_o gracious_a providence_n and_o spiritual_a comfort_n mark_v 10.28_o 29_o 30._o peter_n begin_v to_o say_v unto_o he_o lo_o we_o have_v leave_v all_o and_o have_v follow_v thou_o jesus_n answer_v and_o say_v very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o there_o be_v no_o man_n that_o have_v leave_v house_n or_o brethren_n or_o sister_n or_o father_n or_o mother_n or_o wife_n or_o child_n or_o land_n for_o my_o sake_n and_o the_o gospel_n but_o he_o shall_v receive_v a_o hundred_o fold_v now_o in_o this_o time_n and_o in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v eternal_a life_n so_o heb._n 10.34_o he_o make_v they_o to_o know_v in_o themselves_o that_o they_o have_v in_o heaven_n a_o better_a and_o a_o endure_a substance_n and_o so_o give_v they_o as_o much_o joy_n in_o lose_v as_o they_o have_v before_o in_o possess_v and_o it_o be_v likely_a much_o more_o 9th_o they_o always_o press_v after_o more_o intimate_a knowledge_n of_o he_o and_o he_o reveal_v himself_o still_o more_o to_o they_o psalm_n 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