Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	age_n	life_n	old_a	5,148	5	5.6715	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34097	A generall table of Europe, representing the present and future state thereof viz. the present governments, languages, religions, foundations, and revolutions both of governments and religions, the future mutations, revolutions, government, and religion of christendom and of the world &c. / from the prophecies of the three late German prophets, Kotterus, Christina, and Drabricius, &c., all collected out of the originals, for the common use and information of the English.	Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592-1670.	1670 (1670)	Wing C5507A; ESTC R24277	200,382	315

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therefore_o it_o can_v give_v a_o faculty_n to_o man_n of_o live_v and_o grow_v together_o also_o of_o feeling_n and_o sense_n 22._o moreover_o it_o give_v he_o a_o faculty_n of_o discern_v all_o reason_n to_o discern_v all_o thing_n by_o his_o body_n although_o it_o die_v yet_o his_o soul_n be_v perpetual_o conserve_v nor_o be_v extinguish_v therefore_o the_o man_n of_o this_o age_n only_o fear_v dead_a man_n and_o do_v not_o fear_v dead_a animal_n that_o arise_v from_o the_o natural_a discourse_n or_o reason_n of_o man_n that_o he_o can_v animadvert_v and_o think_v after_o the_o death_n of_o man_n moreover_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n not_o dead_a 23._o remain_v and_o therefore_o can_v fear_v but_o the_o soul_n of_o creep_a thing_n and_o beast_n be_v