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	lord_n	word_n	6,765	5	4.1109	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44085	A letter from a member of the army, to the committee of safety, and councell of officers of the army that they may do that which is required of them to be done, that the Lord may delight to dwell among them and do them good, that they may not be over-turned as others, who have served themselves, and not the Lord.	Hodgson, John, d. 1684.	1659 (1659)	Wing H2335A; ESTC R31112	3,221	9

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