Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	afflict_v	affliction_n	apostle_n	46	3	5.3161	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85448	The oracle of God A sermon appointed for the Crosse, and preached in the Cathedrall Church of St. Paul, in London, on the 20. day of December, being the Sunday before Christmasse, anno Dom. 1635. By Iohn Gore rector of Wenden-lofts in Essex.	Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex.	1646 (1646)	Wing G1294; ESTC R229607	27,053	49

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