Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	life_n	speak_v	word_n	4,493	5	4.1347	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95842	An antidote against sorrovv, in order to the obtaining of sanctified joy. An excellent treatise first written in French by N. Vedelius, then translated into Latine by Gallus Pareus, and now into English, by Cadwallader Winne, M.A.	Vedel, Nicolaus, 1596-1642.; Winne, Cadwallader, b. 1622 or 3, translator.	1650 (1650)	Wing V167; Thomason E1421_1; ESTC R209478	59,453	229

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or_o land_n for_o my_o sake_n and_o the_o gospel_n but_o he_o shall_v receive_v a_o hundred_o tell_v now_o in_o this_o time_n house_n and_o brethren_n and_o sister_n and_o mother_n and_o child_n and_o land_n with_o persecution_n and_o in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v eternal_a life_n mar._n 10.29,30_o this_o promise_n in_o some_o of_o the_o faithful_a be_v literal_o fulfil_v god_n oftentimes_o bestow_v upon_o they_o far_o more_o good_a thing_n honour_n and_o commodity_n than_o they_o be_v deprive_v of_o for_o the_o acknowledgement_n of_o his_o truth_n whereas_o in_o other_o it_o take_v effect_n by_o equivalence_n for_o it_o be_v most_o manifest_a that_o all_o the_o particle_n thereof_o be_v not_o literal_o to_o be_v fulfil_v as_o for_o example_n sake_n if_o one_o instead_o of_o his_o father_n or_o mother_n or_o son_n shall_v obtain_v thousand_o father_n mother_n etc._n etc._n they_o reap_v then_o the_o fruit_n and_o verity_n of_o this_o promise_n when_o they_o receive_v thing_n of_o 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wise_a man_n give_v not_o over_o thy_o mind_n to_o heaviness_n and_o afflict_v not_o thyself_o in_o thy_o own_o counsel_n love_v thy_o own_o soul_n and_o comfort_n thy_o heart_n and_o remove_v sorrow_n far_o from_o thou_o eccles_n 30.21,24_o and_o again_o take_v not_o heaviness_n at_o heart_n drive_v it_o away_o and_o remember_v thy_o last_o end_n eccles_n 38.20_o neither_o do_v it_o less_o thwart_a god_n providence_n for_o it_o cause_v one_o to_o think_v that_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n have_v not_o wrought_v his_o affliction_n neither_o fasten_v he_o his_o eye_n upon_o divine_a providence_n howsoever_o in_o word_n acknowledge_v it_o but_o if_o he_o will_v firm_o believe_v affliction_n to_o be_v the_o work_n of_o his_o providence_n he_o shall_v find_v therein_o more_o matter_n of_o joy_n than_o sorrow_n the_o affliction_n of_o the_o godly_a be_v badge_n of_o god_n love_n tend_v to_o the_o good_a and_o salvation_n of_o his_o faithful_a one_o and_o though_o he_o be_v constrain_v to_o 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