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	life_n	lord_n	3,996	5	3.6605	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06405	A manuall of devout meditations and exercises instructing how to pray mentally. Drawn for the most part, out of the spirituall exercises of S. Ignatius. Devided into three bookes. Written in Spanish by the R.F. Thomas de Villa Castin of the Society of Iesus. And translated into English by H.M. of the same Society.	Ignatius, of Loyola, Saint, 1491-1556.; Villacastin, Thomas de, 1570-1649.; More, Henry, 1586-1661.	1624 (1624)	STC 16878; ESTC S103982	182,763	570

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thy_o care_n who_o this_o spurn_v with_o his_o foot_n who_o this_o kick_n &_o who_o this_o cuff_n in_o the_o neck_n and_o laugh_v aloud_o 〈◊〉_d jest_v at_o he_o they_o manifest_o declare_v that_o they_o hold_v he_o for_o a_o feign_a christ_n &_o a_o false_a prophet_n ponder_v the_o invincible_a patience_n the_o inestimable_a meekness_n &_o the_o most_o love_a hart_n wherewith_o god_n our_o lord_n suffer_v all_o this_o as_o also_o that_o patience_n with_o which_o he_o support_v thou_o see_v that_o as_o much_o as_o lie_v eth_z in_o thou_o thou_o have_v far_o often_o scoff_v at_o thy_o redeemer_n offend_v he_o with_o thy_o manifold_a sin_n and_o yet_o his_o mercy_n be_v so_o great_a that_o he_o grieve_v more_o at_o thy_o offence_n &_o at_o the_o harm_n which_o come_v to_o they_o that_o torment_v he_o then_o at_o the_o pain_n which_o he_o himself_o sustain_v gather_v hence_o affection_n &_o desire_n to_o suffer_v something_o for_o this_o thy_o lord_n who_o endure_v so_o much_o for_o thou_o 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plight_n in_o which_o thou_o see_v ●m_n and_o his_o unspeakable_a charity_n girth_n testimony_n of_o he_o that_o he_o be_v the_o ●nne_n of_o the_o live_a god_n for_o no_o o●●r_n then_o he_o can_v have_v undergo_v so_o ●ny_a torment_n for_o the_o sin_n which_o never_o commit_v and_o adore_v 〈◊〉_d with_o all_o thy_o hart_n thou_o shall_v say_v ●ou_o o_o lord_n be_v my_o christ_n &_o my_o use_v my_o saviour_n &_o my_o redeemer_n he_o who_o thirty_o and_o three_o year_n ●st_v so_o great_a and_o earnest_a desire_n and_o aging_n to_o see_v this_o day_n of_o pain_n and_o action_n once_o come_v to_o deliver_v i_o from_o the_o eternal_a affliction_n and_o pain_n the_o 2._o point_n to_o consider_v how_o the_o high_a priest_n hear_v the_o answer_n which_o our_o lord_n give_v afterward_o to_o his_o demand_n he_o and_o all_o the_o rest_n that_o be_v present_a be_v unworthy_a to_o hear_v that_o which_o they_o deserve_v not_o to_o understand_v they_o treat_v he_o as_o a_o slave_n and_o think_v any_o 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