Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	body_n	glory_n	soul_n	7,514	5	5.1723	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67743	The cause and cure of ignorance, error, enmity, atheisme, prophanesse, &c., or, A most hopefull and speedy way to grace and salvation, by plucking up impediments by the roote reduced to explication, confirmation, application, tending to illumination, sanctification, devotion / by R. Younge ...	Younge, Richard.	1648 (1648)	Wing Y143; ESTC R16605	116,892	303

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they_o from_o themselves_o that_o they_o forget_v they_o have_v a_o maker_n who_o be_v god_n say_v pharaoh_n there_o be_v no_o god_n say_v nebuchadnezar_n what_o god_n can_v deliver_v out_o of_o my_o hand_n foolish_a say_v rabshakeh_n i_o be_o god_n say_v alexander_n but_o nebuchadnezer_n find_v there_o be_v a_o god_n pharaoh_n find_v what_o that_o god_n be_v rabshakeh_n find_v to_o his_o cost_n that_o there_o be_v a_o almighty_a god_n able_a to_o deliver_v in_o the_o valley_n as_o well_o as_o on_o the_o hill_n alexander_n find_v he_o be_v not_o as_o he_o suppose_v and_o confess_v that_o he_o know_v himself_o mortal_a by_o two_o thing_n viz._n sleep_n and_o lust._n and_o so_o it_o shall_v fare_v with_o these_o in_o the_o end_n they_o that_o will_v stultizare_v in_o culpa_fw-la shall_v be_v force_v sapere_fw-la in_o poena_fw-la vengeance_n shall_v make_v they_o wise_a who_o sin_n have_v make_v and_o leave_v foolish_a at_o least_o in_o hell_n they_o shall_v know_v there_o be_v a_o 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