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	soul_n	spirit_n	3,987	5	5.1512	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08213	Gods new-yeeres gift sent vnto England, or, The summe of the Gospell. The first part contayned in these wordes, God so loued the world ... Iohn 3.16 / written by Samuel Nicholson ...	Nicholson, Samuel, fl. 1600-1602.	1602 (1602)	STC 18548; ESTC S1317	17,019	41

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christ_n school_n and_o have_v not_o yet_o learned_a christs-crosse_n how_o be_v thou_o account_v a_o wise_a man_n in_o israel_n be_v a_o fool_n in_o religion_n there_o be_v no_o wisdom_n but_o the_o truth_n in_o qua_fw-la tenetur_fw-la &_o cernitur_fw-la summum_fw-la bonum_fw-la solomon_n my_o servant_n in_o stead_n of_o riches_n desire_v of_o god_n the_o spirit_n of_o rule_n if_o this_o be_v his_o prayer_n much_o more_o shall_v it_o be_v thy_o wish_n since_o he_o be_v but_o king_n of_o their_o body_n but_o thou_o be_v a_o corrector_n of_o soul_n how_o can_v thou_o teach_v man_n to_o shun_v the_o second_o death_n which_o be_v so_o ignorant_a of_o the_o second_v birth_n a_o teacher_n shall_v be_v organon_n veritatis_fw-la the_o right_a hand_n of_o truth_n to_o minister_v to_o every_o one_o their_o food_n in_o due_a season_n thou_o be_v a_o overséer_n in_o israel_n &_o be_v shameful_o overséene_a thyself_o now_o age_n have_v snow_v down_o winter_n on_o thy_o head_n those_o hair_n 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falsae_fw-la suae_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la fiducia_fw-la desipiunt_fw-la they_o shall_v never_o attain_v heavenly_a wisdom_n which_o hunt_v after_o it_o with_o humane_a wit_n the_o hart_n brag_v in_o vain_a of_o his_o branch_a horn_n because_o he_o want_v courage_n and_o in_o vain_a do_v thou_o vaunt_v of_o templum_fw-la domini_fw-la because_o thou_o want_v knowledge_n they_o which_o will_v see_v perfect_o wink_v on_o one_o eye_n so_o if_o thou_o will_v see_v the_o mystery_n of_o god_n thou_o must_v shut_v the_o eye_n of_o natural_a reason_n but_o no_o marvel_n thou_o be_v so_o dull_a for_o as_o cyclops_n exoculatus_fw-la manus_fw-la quoque_fw-la ver_fw-la sum_fw-la porrigebat_fw-la nullo_fw-la certo_fw-la scopo_fw-la so_o thy_o eye_n of_o faith_n be_v out_o thy_o blind_a reason_n grope_v in_o the_o dark_a be_v too_o shallow_a a_o pilot_n to_o guide_v thou_o into_o the_o mystery_n of_o regeneration_n i_o commend_v thou_o for_o thy_o skill_n in_o the_o law_n but_o condemn_v thou_o for_o thy_o blindness_n in_o the_o gospel_n the_o seaman_n that_o escape_v all_o syrte_n and_o shelf_n yet_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o haven_n suffer_v ship_n wrack_n be_v count_v no_o less_o foolish_a then_o unfortunate_a and_o thou_o pass_v all_o the_o labyrinth_n of_o humane_a learning_n yet_o come_v short_a of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o new_a birth_n be_v to_o be_v pity_v for_o thy_o fortune_n &_o deride_v for_o thy_o folly_n thou_o know_v i_o never_o allow_v he_o that_o have_v all_o manner_n of_o knowledge_n yet_o have_v not_o the_o mean_a of_o know_v he_o that_o seek_v knowledge_n must_v note_v three_o thing_n quo_fw-la ordine_fw-la quo_fw-la study_v quo_fw-la fine_fw-la quaeque_fw-la nosseoporteat_fw-la the_o order_n of_o knowledge_n be_v to_o know_v that_o first_o which_o bring_v soon_a to_o the_o way_n of_o salvation_n the_o desire_n in_o knowledge_n must_v be_v to_o love_v that_o knowledge_n chief_o which_o most_o enforce_v we_o to_o love_v and_o the_o end_n of_o our_o 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