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	spirit_n	word_n	8,255	5	4.2520	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39355	A letter to the author of a book, entituled, An answer to W.P.'s key, about the Quakers light within, &c. by Edmund Elys ...	Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707.	1695 (1695)	Wing E677; ESTC R41117	2,538	5

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