Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	john_n	spirit_n	true_a	4,495	5	5.7056	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15496	The anchor of faith Vpon which, a Christian may repose in all manner of temptations. Especially in that great and dangerous gulfe of desperation. Wherein so many ouer-whelmed with the weight and burthen of their sinne, and not resisting themselues by the hand of faith, vpon the promises and inuitations of Christ, haue with Caine and Judas most fearefully fallen and shipwrackt themselues, to the vtter confusion both of body and soule for euer.; Physicke, to cure the most dangerous disease of desperation	Willymat, William, d. 1615.	1628 (1628)	STC 25763.5; ESTC S102508	45,869	112

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full_o worthy_a therefore_o and_o very_o needful_a in_o this_o case_n be_v s._n james_n his_o counsel_n resist_v the_o devil_n etc._n etc._n yea_o and_o that_o in_o the_o beginning_n devil_n a_o description_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o armour_n with_o which_o saint_n paul_n will_v have_v christian_n to_o resist_v the_o devil_n and_o s._n paul_n go_v further_a on_o with_o the_o like_a good_a counsel_n and_o set_v down_o very_o plain_o with_o what_o manner_n of_o armour_n he_o will_v have_v christian_n to_o buckle_v and_o furnish_v themselves_o with_o that_o so_o they_o may_v be_v find_v the_o more_o ready_a and_o able_a to_o encounter_v their_o general_a enemy_n temptation_n as_o first_o with_o verity_n or_o truth_n which_o be_v the_o arm_n of_o themselves_o with_o true_a and_o sincere_a knowledge_n of_o god_n tit._n 1.1_o with_o the_o first_o kind_n of_o armour_n to_o resist_v the_o devil_n with_o in_o the_o true_a service_n of_o god_n with_o out_o hypocrisy_n in_o spirit_n and_o truth_n 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