Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	holy_a	jesus_n	lord_n	4,657	5	3.5075	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54085	The people called Quakers cleared by Geo. Keith from the false doctrines charged upon them by G. Keith and his self-contradictions laid open in the ensuing citations out of his books / by John Penington.	Penington, John, 1655-1710.; Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723. Postscript.	1696 (1696)	Wing P1229; Wing P1230; ESTC R40279	25,467	55

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