Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	blood_n	life_n	sin_n	8,000	5	4.5474	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64458	The Testimony of some persecuted Presbyterian ministers of the Gospel unto the covenanted reformation of the Church of Scotland and to the present expediency of continuing to preach the Gospel in the fields and against the present antichristian toleration in its nature and design &c. / given in to the ministers at Edenburgh by Mr. James Renwick upon the 17 Janwarii, 1688.	Renwick, James, 1662-1688.	1688 (1688)	Wing T818; ESTC R213976	42,898	37

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