Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	love_n	love_v	true_a	4,125	5	5.5302	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28541	The way to Christ discovered by Iacob Behmen ... ; also, the discourse of illumination, the compendium of repentance, and the mixt world, &c.; Weg zu Christo. English	Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.; Sparrow, John, 1615-1665?; Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624. Selections. English. 1648.	1648 (1648)	Wing B3426; ESTC R19225	128,989	352

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