Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	lead_v	spirit_n	true_a	4,122	5	5.5406	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69826	The Cry of the innocent for justice being a relation of the tryal of John Crook, and others, at the general sessions, held in the Old Bayley, London : beginning the 25th day of the 4th month, called June, in the year 1662 : before the lord mayor of the city of London, and recorder of the same, chief justice Forster, and divers other judges and justices of the peace, so called : published for no other end but to prevent mistakes, and to satisfie all moderate enquirers, concerning the dealings and usages that the said J.C. and others met withal, from the beginning of the said tryals to the end.	Crook, John, 1617-1699.	1662 (1662)	Wing C7200; ESTC R38831	38,768	46

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the_o 27._o ver_fw-la it_o be_v say_v therefore_o will_v i_o cause_v you_o to_o go_v into_o captivity_n etc._n etc._n say_v the_o lord_n who_o name_n be_v the_o god_n of_o host_n j._n c._n postscript_n reader_n marvel_v not_o that_o in_o this_o discourse_n thou_o find_v the_o author_n out_o of_o his_o wont_a method_n in_o so_o often_o use_v the_o law_n of_o man_n it_o be_v not_o his_o soul_n delight_v to_o be_v wade_v in_o such_o muddy_a water_n neither_o do_v he_o now_o use_v the_o same_o to_o upbraid_v the_o professor_n thereof_o for_o sure_o he_o drink_v of_o clear_a stream_n than_o any_o flow_n from_o such_o fountain_n yet_o he_o have_v learned_a to_o set_v thing_n in_o their_o place_n and_o to_o give_v they_o their_o proper_a due_n for_o even_o from_o the_o good_a old_a law_n of_o england_n as_o well_o as_o other_o thing_n there_o have_v be_v a_o apostasy_n and_o be_v a_o declension_n from_o what_o once_o they_o be_v and_o their_o book_n show_v no_o less_o viz._n doct._n &_o 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