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	worship_v	7,067	5	9.7470	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19799	A fruitfull commentarie vpon the twelue small prophets briefe, plaine, and easie, going ouer the same verse by verse, and shewing every where the method, points of doctrine, and figures of rhetoricke, to the no small profit of all godly and well disposed readers, with very necessarie fore-notes for the vnderstanding of both of these, and also all other the prophets. The text of these prophets together with that of the quotations omitted by the author, faithfully supplied by the translatour, and purged of faults in the Latine coppie almost innumerable, with a table of all the chiefe matters herein handled, and marginall notes very plentifull and profitable; so that it may in manner be counted a new booke in regard of these additions. VVritten in Latin by Lambertus Danæus, and newly turned into English by Iohn Stockwood minister and preacher at Tunbridge.; Commentarii in prophetas minores. English.	Daneau, Lambert, ca. 1530-1595?; Stockwood, John, d. 1610.	1594 (1594)	STC 6227; ESTC S109220	1,044,779	1,114

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outward_a godliness_n perform_v as_o it_o be_v for_o fashion_n sake_n only_o such_o as_o be_v then_o use_v among_o this_o people_n as_o be_v to_o be_v see_v 2._o king_n cap._n 23._o ver_fw-la 25.26_o where_o albeit_o josias_n have_v his_o singular_a commendation_n for_o his_o rare_a godliness_n and_o forwardness_n in_o religion_n yet_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o lord_n notwithstanding_o turn_v not_o from_o the_o fierceness_n of_o his_o great_a wrath_n wherewith_o he_o be_v angry_a with_o judah_n because_o of_o all_o the_o provocation_n wherewith_o manasseh_n have_v provoke_v he_o and_o jeremie_n cap._n 17._o ver_fw-la 1._o complain_v of_o the_o disorderednes_n of_o the_o people_n say_v that_o the_o sin_n of_o judah_n be_v write_v with_o a_o pen_n of_o iron_n and_o with_o the_o point_n of_o a_o diamond_n and_o grave_v upon_o the_o table_n of_o their_o heart_n and_o upon_o the_o horn_n of_o their_o altar_n so_o the_o prophet_n hosea_n report_v of_o the_o people_n of_o his_o time_n say_v cap._n 5._o ver_fw-la 4._o they_o will_v not_o give_v their_o mind_n to_o turn_v unto_o their_o god_n for_o the_o spirit_n of_o fornication_n be_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o they_o and_o they_o have_v not_o know_v the_o lord_n and_o 2._o chron._n cap._n 34._o ver_fw-la 24.25_o huldah_fw-mi the_o prophetisse_n return_v answer_v unto_o the_o messenger_n of_o josiah_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n in_o these_o word_n thus_o say_v the_o lord_n behold_v i_o will_v bring_v evil_a upon_o this_o place_n and_o upon_o the_o inhabitant_n thereof_o even_o all_o the_o curse_n that_o be_v write_v in_o the_o book_n which_o they_o have_v read_v before_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n because_o they_o have_v forsake_v i_o and_o burn_v incense_n unto_o other_o god_n to_o anger_v i_o with_o all_o the_o work_n of_o their_o hand_n therefore_o shall_v my_o wrath_n fall_v upon_o this_o place_n and_o