Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	apostle_n	die_v	sin_n	7,938	5	5.1502	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39279	A defence of the Thirty nine articles of the Church of England written in Latin by J. Ellis ... now done into English ; to which are added the Lambeth Articles ; together with the judgment of Bishop Andrews, Dr. Overall, and other eminent and learned men upon them.; Articulorum XXXIX Ecclesiae Anglicanae defensio. English	Ellis, John, 1599?-1665.; Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.; Overall, John, 1560-1619.; Church of England. Thirty-nine Articles.	1700 (1700)	Wing E587; ESTC R1641	74,086	146

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it_o be_v say_v to_o all_o in_o general_n 1_o thess._n 5._o 17._o pray_v without_o cease_v obj_fw-la 3_o they_o that_o be_v unmarried_a do_v care_n for_o the_o thing_n of_o the_o lord_n better_a than_o those_o that_o be_v marry_v 1_o cor._n 7._o 32._o answ._n the_o apostle_n here_o do_v not_o dispute_v concern_v man_n of_o the_o holy_a order_n alone_o but_o of_o all_o christian_n in_o general_a who_o shall_v also_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n live_v a_o single_a life_n but_o alcho_n '_o marriage_n have_v its_o trouble_n it_o have_v its_o conveniency_n too_o and_o a_o pious_a wife_n be_v give_v not_o for_o a_o impediment_n but_o for_o a_o help_n as_o well_o in_o spiritual_a as_o in_o family_n concern_v celibacy_n be_v therefore_o to_o be_v prefer_v to_o marriage_n when_o the_o church_n be_v under_o various_a persecution_n and_o upon_o condition_n the_o person_n have_v the_o gift_n of_o continence_n but_o from_o hence_o no_o general_a rule_n can_v be_v make_v that_o celibacy_n be_v to_o 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as_o gregory_n right_o observe_v security_n be_v the_o mother_n of_o carelessness_n and_o since_o despair_n proceed_v not_o only_o from_o too_o great_a fearfulness_n as_o in_o cain_n but_o very_o often_o likewise_o as_o in_o saul_n it_o take_v its_o rise_n from_o too_o great_a a_o degree_n of_o hope_n 10._o last_o i_o do_v not_o think_v that_o we_o ought_v to_o recede_v from_o the_o common_a and_o usual_a way_n of_o speak_v in_o the_o church_n who_o thought_n be_v much_o the_o same_o with_o those_o of_o leo_n aforecited_a that_o we_o neither_o can_v nor_o aught_o to_o be_v secure_a of_o 〈◊〉_d st._n austin_n say_v consil._n 10._o ch_n 32._o that_o no_o body_n ought_v to_o be_v secure_a in_o this_o life_n which_o be_v a_o state_n of_o temptation_n inasmuch_o as_o he_o that_o can_v rise_v from_o worse_a to_o better_o may_v also_o ●ll_a from_o better_a to_o worse_o again_o de_n bono_fw-mi p●_n ch_z 8._o god_n have_v wise_o determine_v to_o mix_v some_o that_o shall_v not_o perseu●e_v among_o the_o certain_a number_n of_o the_o saint_n that_o those_o who_o have_v no_o pretension_n to_o security_n in_o this_o life_n may_v not_o be_v secure_a so_o likewise_o chap._n 22._o because_o no_o body_n can_v be_v secure_a of_o et●nal_a life_n which_o god_n that_o can_v lie_v have_v promise_v before_o the_o world_n begin_v to_o the_o son_n of_o his_o promise_n until_o the_o consummation_n of_o this_o ●fe_n which_o be_v a_o temptation_n upon_o earth_n but_o make_v we_o even_o to_o the_o end_n of_o 〈◊〉_d to_o 〈◊〉_d in_o he_o to_o who_o we_o daily_o prav_fw-mi that_o he_o will_v not_o l●d_v we_o into_o temptation_n again_o ep._n 12._o ad_fw-la p●_n whence_o it_o may_v seem_v wonderful_a that_o you_o who_o as_o to_o 〈◊〉_d world_n be_v noble_a rich_a and_o the_o mother_n of_o so_o great_a a_o family_n and_o consequent_o not_o desolate_a though_o a_o widow_n shall_v yet_o have_v such_o a_o earn_v and_o unwearied_a zeal_n for_o prayer_n but_o that_o you_o prudent_o understand_v that_o 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