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	spirit_n	4,772	5	5.1324	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12819	Meditations, and resolutions, moral, divine, politicall century I : written for the instruction and bettering of youth, but, especially, of the better and more noble / by Antony Stafford ... ; there is also annexed an oration of Iustus Lipsius, against calumnie, translated out of Latine, into English.	Stafford, Anthony.; Lipsius, Justus, 1547-1606.	1612 (1612)	STC 23127; ESTC S1001	32,969	235

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i_o will_v make_v a_o holy_a vow_n of_o a_o idle_a complement_n vow_v myself_o the_o servant_n of_o his_o servant_n 57_o as_o there_o be_v few_o good_a physician_n for_o the_o body_n ●o_o there_o be_v not_o many_o for_o the_o soul_n as_o those_o of_o the_o body_n let_v many_o die_v for_o want_v of_o skill_n so_o those_o of_o the_o soul_n let_v many_o perish_v because_o they_o know_v not_o how_o to_o apply_v themselves_o unto_o they_o i_o have_v see_v a_o empirick_n prescribe_v a_o cold_a remedy_n for_o a_o cold_a disease_n like_o those_o who_o seek_v to_o cure_v the_o desperation_n of_o god_n mercy_n with_o the_o declaration_n of_o his_o justice_n as_o therefore_o the_o physician_n of_o the_o body_n be_v not_o esteem_v except_o he_o can_v give_v a_o reason_n for_o what_o he_o do_v no_o more_o be_v the_o physician_n of_o the_o soul_n to_o be_v value_v unless_o he_o can_v give_v a_o reason_n of_o that_o he_o say_v god_n have_v leave_v to_o his_o minister_n weapon_n to_o wound_n and_o 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