Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	wonder_v	word_n	world_n	74	3	4.2861	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00753	Comfortable notes vpon the bookes of Exodus and Leuiticus, as before vpon Genesis Gathered and laid downe still in this plaine manner, for the good of them that cannot vse better helpes, and yet are carefull to read the Scriptures, and verie desirous to finde the comfort in them. By the Reuerend Father in God Geruase Babington ... With a table of the principall matters contained in this booke.	Babington, Gervase, 1550-1610.	1604 (1604)	STC 1088; ESTC S100580	531,878	712

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you_o will_n 6._o and_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o moses_n why_o cry_v thou_o 15._o unto_o i_o bid_v the_o people_n go_v forward_o god_n do_v not_o speak_v this_o say_v one_o quòd_fw-la eius_fw-la clamour_n ill●_n displiceret_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la se_fw-la exauditum_fw-la cognosceret_fw-la because_o his_o cry_n do_v displease_v he_o but_o that_o he_o may_v know_v that_o he_o hear_v he_o see_v the_o course_n of_o a_o holy_a governor_n the_o people_n murmur_n and_o reproach_v he_o wicked_o yet_o be_v for_o they_o pray_v most_o hearty_o see_v also_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n in_o spare_v and_o not_o confound_v interpretatur_fw-la such_o unthankful_a sinner_n and_o see_v the_o force_n of_o prayer_n though_o it_o be_v but_o in_o groan_n of_o your_o inward_a heart_n it_o even_o cry_v in_o god_n ear_n it_o pierce_v the_o heaven_n and_o pull_v down_o comfort_n as_o be_v fit_a see_v likewise_o the_o duty_n of_o all_o faithful_a believer_n to_o go_v forward_o as_o here_o be_v say_v to_o the_o 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