Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	spirit_n	teach_v	true_a	3,470	5	5.1991	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47123	An appeal from the twenty eight judges to the spirit of truth & true judgment in all faithful Friends, called Quakers, that meet at this Yearly Meeting at Burlington, the 7 month, 1692	Keith, George, 1639?-1716.; Hutcheson, George, 1615-1674.; Society of Friends. Burlington Yearly Meeting.	1692 (1692)	Wing K141; ESTC R14383	6,130	9

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