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	love_n	soul_n	5,983	5	5.1532	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15297	The true copye of a prolog wrytten about two C. yeres paste by Iohn Wycklife (as maye iustly be gatherid bi that, that Iohn Bale hath writte[n] of him in his boke entitlid the Summarie of famouse writers of the Ile of great Brita[n]) the originall whereof is founde written in an olde English Bible bitwixt the olde Testament and the Newe. Whych Bible remaynith now in ye Kyng hys maiesties chamber.; Dore of holy scripture	Purvey, John, 1353?-1428?; Wycliffe, John, d. 1384, attributed name.; Crowley, Robert, 1518?-1588.	1550 (1550)	STC 25588; ESTC S119922	80,292	256

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earth_n y_fw-fr ●_o fytyth_o ayens_fw-fr sennis_n and_o fendis_fw-la to_o moral_a understond_n it_o singnify_v a_o christian_a sowlle_n to_o anagogike_n it_o sygnify_v holy_a church_n reyn_v in_o bliss_n either_o in_o heaven_n and_o though_o that_o be_v therein_o and_o these_o three_o gostlye_o understondyngis_n be_v not_o autentike_a either_o of_o believe_v no_o but_o tho_o be_v growndyd_v open_o in_o the_o text_n of_o holy_a scripture_n in_o oh_o place_n either_o in_o other_o either_o in_o open_a reason_n that_o may_v not_o be_v distryid_v ▪_o either_o when_o the_o gospelar_n either_o other_o apostle_n take_v allegory_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o confirman_n it_o as_o paul_n in_o y_z e_z epistil_v to_o galathy_n the._n iiii_o chapter_n prevyth_v that_o sarai_n the_o free_a wife_n and_o principal_n of_o abraham_n with_o isaac_n her_o son_n signify_v by_o alegorie_n the_o new_a testament_n and_o the_o sonnis_n of_o byhest_n and_o agar_n the_o handmaid_n with_o her_o son_n 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