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
A79907	The voice of truth, uttered forth against the unreasonablenes, rudenes, and deboistnes of the rulers, teachers and people of the island Barbados. Through one, who hath suffered by them, for the testimony of a good conscience, and the word of God, known by the name of Thomas Clark.	Clark, Thomas.	1661 (1661)	Wing C4562A; ESTC R171379	7,419	13

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