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
A42622	The genuine epistles of the apostolical fathers, S. Barnabas, S. Ignatius, S. Clement, S. Polycarp, the Shepherd of Hermas, and the matyrdoms of St. Ignatius and St. Polycarp, written by those who were present at their sufferings : being, together with the Holy Scriptures of the New Testament, a compleat collection of the most primitive antiquity for about CL years after Christ / translated and publish'd, with a large preliminary discourse relating to the several treaties here put together by W. Wake ...; Apostolic Fathers (Early Christian Collection) English.	Wake, William, 1657-1737.	1693 (1693)	Wing G523A; ESTC R10042	282,773	752

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your_o part_n be_v good_a and_o honourable_a with_o the_o lord_n and_o i_o say_v unto_o all_o you_o who_o have_v receive_v this_o seal_n keep_v simplicity_n and_o remember_v not_o affront_v nor_o continue_v in_o malice_n neither_o suffer_v bitterness_n to_o grow_v in_o your_o spirit_n through_o the_o memory_n of_o any_o offence_n that_o you_o have_v receive_v but_o provide_v remedy_n for_o these_o evil_a rent_n and_o remove_v they_o from_o you_o that_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o sheep_n may_v rejoice_v in_o you_o cxxii_o for_o he_o will_v rejoice_v if_o he_o shall_v find_v all_o whole_a but_o if_o any_o of_o these_o sheep_n shall_v be_v find_v scatter_v away_o woe_n shall_v be_v to_o the_o shepherd_n and_o if_o the_o shepherd_n themselves_o shall_v be_v scatter_v how_o will_v they_o answer_v to_o god_n for_o the_o sheep_n will_v they_o say_v that_o they_o be_v trouble_v by_o the_o sheep_n but_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v believe_v for_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v believe_v that_o the_o shepherd_n shall_v suffer_v by_o his_o flock_n and_o he_o shall_v be_v the_o more_o punish_v for_o his_o lie_n now_o i_o be_o the_o shepherd_n and_o i_o especial_o must_v give_v a_o account_n of_o you_o xxxii_o wherefore_o provide_v for_o yourselves_o whilst_o the_o tower_n be_v yet_o build_v the_o lord_n dwell_v in_o those_o that_o love_n peace_n for_o true_a peace_n be_v dear_a but_o he_o be_v far_o off_o from_o the_o contentious_a and_o those_o who_o be_v overtake_v with_o malice_n wherefore_o restore_v unto_o he_o the_o spirit_n entire_a as_o you_o receive_v it_o xciv_o for_o if_o thou_o shall_v give_v unto_o a_o full_a a_o new_a garment_n whole_a thou_o will_v expect_v to_o receive_v it_o whole_a again_o if_o therefore_o the_o full_a shall_v restore_v it_o unto_o thou_o tear_v will_v thou_o receive_v it_o will_v thou_o not_o present_o be_v angry_a and_o reproach_n he_o say_v i_o give_v my_o garment_n to_o thou_o whole_a why_o have_v thou_o rend_v it_o and_o make_v it_o useless_a 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