Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	reason_n	scripture_n	word_n	4,497	5	4.2578	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37969	Brief remarks upon Mr. Whiston's New theory of the earth and upon an other gentleman's objections against some passages in a discourse of the existence and providence of God, relating to the Copernican hypothesis / by John Edwards ...	Edwards, John, 1637-1716.	1697 (1697)	Wing E197; ESTC R21718	27,908	59

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deliver_v my_o thought_n if_o i_o do_v not_o free_o tell_v the_o world_n what_o my_o resentment_n be_v as_o to_o this_o matter_n i_o never_o teach_v my_o pen_n to_o write_v either_o for_o ostentation_n or_o for_o preferment_n but_o i_o have_v labour_v to_o bring_v it_o up_o a_o obedient_a servant_n to_o truth_n and_o i_o hope_v it_o will_v never_o be_v ashamed_a of_o so_o honourable_a a_o master_n in_o so_o sceptical_a a_o age_n as_o we_o live_v in_o it_o become_v we_o not_o to_o be_v indifferent_a yea_o we_o be_v oblige_v to_o be_v very_o warm_a and_o concern_v and_o not_o to_o let_v temper_v as_o it_o be_v now_o fashionable_o call_v chill_v our_o religion_n and_o betray_v the_o truth_n and_o i_o use_v this_o freedom_n the_o rather_o because_o i_o deal_v with_o a_o person_n of_o ingenuity_n who_o approve_v of_o a_o due_a liberty_n in_o discourse_n and_o will_v both_o give_v and_o take_v it_o i_o only_o suggest_v what_o stander-by_n may_v think_v concern_v his_o way_n of_o write_v 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