Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	work_n	world_n	worst_a	34	3	8.0905	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30920	Sermons upon several texts of Scripture by George Barker ...	Barker, George, B.D.	1697 (1697)	Wing B768; ESTC R22629	136,325	300

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