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	lord_n	spirit_n	8,095	5	5.0560	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58213	A real demonstration of the true order in the spirit of God and of the ground of all formality & idolatry, with a few words unto such as are concerned in it.	Smith, William, d. 1673.	1663 (1663)	Wing R456A; ESTC R31776	9,666	13

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