Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	light_n	spirit_n	true_a	4,661	5	5.2779	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04486	The golden cabinet of true treasure: containing the summe of morall philosophie. Translated out of French & enlarged, by W. Ievvel, Mr of Arts, of Exeter Colledge in Oxford	Jewell, William, b. 1585 or 6.	1612 (1612)	STC 14618; ESTC S119329	81,649	276

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and_o not_o she_o if_o she_o be_v hide_v if_o she_o be_v secret_a wherefore_o we_o ought_v to_o make_v a_o serious_a search_n of_o she_o and_o understand_v she_o well_o before_o we_o can_v believe_v she_o before_o we_o can_v possess_v she_o but_o it_o may_v be_v that_o the_o understanding_n and_o mind_n of_o man_n be_v so_o envelop_v so_o muffle_v with_o the_o thick_a cloak_v and_o choke_v cloud_n of_o vice_n that_o it_o can_v be_v able_a to_o give_v entertainment_n unto_o the_o knowledge_n of_o verity_n for_o as_o much_o as_o it_o stop_n up_o the_o passage_n and_o entrance_n of_o the_o soul_n against_o both_o the_o knowledge_n and_o the_o love_n thereof_o detain_v the_o spirit_n captive_a and_o force_v it_o down_o under_o the_o yoke_n of_o servitude_n but_o as_o light_n disperse_v the_o cloud_n and_o drive_v away_o darkness_n be_v utter_o unable_a to_o have_v any_o community_n at_o all_o therewith_o so_o truth_n expel_v ignorance_n and_o never_o suffer_v any_o community_n or_o have_v 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