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	word_n	7,480	5	4.1268	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93734	A copy of a letter sent to the Hague, about the latter end of May, 1691. with a book inclosed, (hereafter mentioned) and sealed up, and superscribed after the following manner. These for him that is commonly stiled, William King of Great Britain ... / Richard Stafford, a scribe of Jesus Christ, desireth temporal preservation and eternal salvation.	Stafford, Richard, 1663-1703.	1691 (1691)	Wing S5113; ESTC R229304	5,078	4

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only_a end_n that_o he_o may_v bring_v we_o to_o god_n date_v from_o london_n july_n 21._o 1691._o finis_fw-la