Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	bear_v	life_n	live_v	4,791	5	5.2156	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58814	A sermon preached at the funeral of Dr. William Croun on the 23d of October, 1684, at St. Mildred Church in the Poultrey by John Scott ...	Scott, John, 1639-1695.	1685 (1685)	Wing S2068; ESTC R10207	19,399	34

to_o the_o true_o pious_a and_o virtuous_a mrs_n croun_n madam_n when_o you_o request_v i_o to_o publish_v this_o discourse_n i_o find_v you_o in_o that_o mournful_a condition_n that_o it_o will_v have_v be_v a_o degree_n of_o inhumanity_n not_o to_o have_v gratify_v your_o desire_n and_o therefore_o though_o i_o be_v sufficient_o sensible_a how_o much_o short_a i_o have_v fain_o of_o both_o my_o subject_n viz._n that_o comfortable_a one_o of_o the_o text_n and_o that_o sorrowful_a one_o of_o the_o occasion_n yet_o my_o compassion_n oversway_v my_o reason_n so_o that_o i_o can_v plead_v no_o other_o excuse_n to_o the_o world_n for_o this_o very_a defective_a publication_n but_o that_o i_o have_v not_o ill_a nature_n enough_o to_o resist_v the_o importunate_a tear_n of_o a_o afflict_a friend_n and_o a_o sorrowful_a widow_n as_o for_o the_o sermon_n all_o i_o can_v say_v for_o it_o be_v this_o that_o it_o treat_v of_o a_o very_a noble_a argument_n and_o such_o as_o carry_v comfort_n enough_o with_o it_o to_o ease_v and_o relieve_v the_o most_o deject_a mind_n and_o therefore_o be_v of_o all_o other_o the_o most_o fit_a and_o proper_a for_o your_o meditation_n for_o there_o be_v no_o present_a affliction_n no_o not_o you_o can_v cause_v you_o to_o suppose_v yourself_o miserable_a so_o long_o as_o you_o be_v within_o hope_n and_o expectance_n of_o the_o bless_a state_n of_o eternal_a life_n o_o good_a madam_n while_o you_o be_v make_v your_o mournful_a descant_n on_o your_o dear_a loss_n consider_v now_o and_o then_o that_o you_o be_v journey_v towards_o that_o bless_a place_n where_o you_o will_v find_v infinite_a myriad_n of_o better_a friend_n and_o dear_a lover_n than_o that_o best_a of_o husband_n who_o loss_n you_o bewail_v and_o who_o love_n each_o other_o far_o more_o and_o better_a even_o than_o you_o and_o he_o do_v and_o have_v this_o peculiar_a advantage_n beyond_o the_o happy_a lover_n here_o that_o they_o shall_v live_v a_o eternal_a life_n together_o 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