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
A68624	Emblemes by Fra: Quarles	Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver.; Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644. Hieroglyphikes of the life of man. aut; Simpson, William, fl. 1635-1646, engraver.	1639 (1639)	STC 20542; ESTC S115515	99,172	392

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not_o find_v in_o downy_a bed_n of_o ease_n ●as_o thy_o music_n strike_v on_o hard_a key_n nor_o art_n thou_o find_v by_o that_o false_a feeble_a light_n of_o nature_n candle_n our_o egyptian_a night_n be_v more_o than_o common_a darkness_n nor_o can_v we_o expect_v a_o morning_n but_o what_o break_v from_o thou_o well_o may_v my_o empty_a bed_n lament_v thy_o loss_n when_o thou_o be_v lodge_v upon_o thy_o shameful_a cross_n if_o thou_o refuse_v to_o share_v a_o bed_n with_o i_o we_o will_v never_o part_v i_o will_v share_v a_o cross_n with_o thou_o anselm_n in_o protolog_n cap._n 1._o lord_n if_o thou_o be_v not_o present_a where_o shall_v i_o seek_v thou_o absent_a if_o every_o where_o why_o do_v i_o not_o see_v thou_o present_v thou_o dwell_v in_o light_n inaccessible_a and_o where_o be_v that_o inaccessible_a light_n or_o how_o shall_v i_o have_v access_n to_o light_v inaccessible_a i_o beseech_v thou_o lord_n teach_v i_o to_o seek_v thou_o and_o show_v thyself_o to_o the_o 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the_o lord_n 〈◊〉_d i_o have_v put_v my_o trust_n in_o the_o lord_n god_n ps_n 73.20_o will_n simpson_n ●●●lpsit_fw-la xiii_o psal._n lxxii_o xxviii_o it_o be_v good_a for_o i_o to_o draw_v near_o to_o god_n i_o have_v put_v my_o trust_n in_o the_o lord_n god_n where_o be_v that_o good_a which_o wiseman_n please_v to_o call_v the_o chief_a do_v there_o any_o such_o befall_v within_o man_n reach_n or_o be_v there_o such_o a_o good_a at_o all_o if_o such_o there_o be_v it_o neither_o must_v expire_v nor_o change_n than_o which_o there_o can_v be_v nothing_o high_a such_o good_a must_v be_v the_o utter_a point_n of_o man_n desire_n it_o be_v the_o mark_n to_o which_o all_o heart_n must_v tend_v can_v be_v desire_v for_o no_o other_o end_n the●_n for_o itself_o on_o which_o all_o other_o good_n depend_v what_o may_v this_o exc'lence_n be_v do_v it_o subsist_v a_o real_a essence_n cloud_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o curious_a art_n or_o clear_a to_o every_o eye_n that_o listen_v or_o be_v it_o 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