Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	know_v	let_v	word_n	4,119	5	3.9916	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26717	A rebuke to backsliders and a spurr for loyterers in several sermons lately preached to a private congregation and now published for the awakening a sleepy age / by R.A.	R. A. (Richard Alleine), 1611-1681.	1677 (1677)	Wing A999; ESTC R28205	187,452	290

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