Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	new_a	old_a	testament_n	6,607	5	8.4174	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A24508	Christian charity, or, Seasonable advice to a friend communicated by letter to a young gentleman, his kinsman, to perswade him to a virtuous course of life / by P.A. Gent., author of the New-years gift, or Advice to a Godson.	P. A.	1699 (1699)	Wing A21; ESTC R13152	10,277	16

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