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	worship_n	worshipper_n	5,508	5	12.7528	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91828	A Lamentation in tender bowels of love over thee, Oh England that thou mayst return to the Lord in humility and seek him, yet while he may be found / [by] Ambrose Rigge.	Rigge, Ambrose, 1635?-1705.	1696 (1696)	Wing R1484; ESTC R42344	4,923	1

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