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	saviour_n	soul_n	4,582	5	5.0993	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67901	A review of the Covenant, wherein the originall, grounds, means, matter, and ends of it are examined: and out of the principles of the remonstrances, declarations, votes, orders, and ordinances of the prime covenanteers, or the firmer grounds of Scripture, law, and reason, disproved.	Langbaine, Gerard, 1609-1658.	1645 (1645)	Wing L371; ESTC R210023	90,934	119

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e.c._n p._n 663._o g_o matth._n 10_o 28._o h_o matth._n 16_o 18._o i_o and_o 7._o 27._o k_o act._n 5.29_o l_o covenant_n with_o a_o narrative_a p._n 28._o m_o minister_n answer_v to_o the_o 4._o dem._n of_o the_o doct._n of_o aberden_n n_o ibid._n answ._n to_o the_o first_o demand_n and_o answer_n to_o the_o first_o reply_n o_o ordinance_n of_o the_o committee_n of_o estate_n nov._n 6._o 1643._o p_o 2_o parl_n of_o k._n charles_n act._n 29._o q_o covenant_n with_o narra_fw-la pag._n 28._o r_o vid_n gen._n 17.7_o deut._n 29.12_o iosh._n 24._o 23_o 25._o 2._o chron._n 15._o 8_o 12._o and_o 23._o 16._o and_o 29._o 10._o and_o 34.31,32_o nehem._n 5.14_o and_o 10._o 1_o 28_o 29._o s_o 1530._o and_o 1535._o sleidan_n com._n lib._n 7._o and_o l_n 9_o *_o 1552._o t_o strad_n hist._n lib._n 5._o me●erran_n lib._n 2._o pag._n 44._o u_o idem_fw-la lib._n 6._o pag._n 177._o lib._n 7._o p._n 194._o lib._n 4._o p._n 95._o lib._n 8._o p._n 217._o 227_o 228._o lib._n 9_o p._n 239._o 248._o *_o covenant_n with_o a_o nar._n p._n 12._o and_o 19_o x_o view_v of_o the_o covenant_n p._n 15._o y_o m._n ward_n z_o thuanus_n de_fw-fr aubigue_fw-fr davila_n etc._n etc._n a_o numb._n 30._o b_o ex._n coll._n p._n 859,860_o c_o ib._n p._n 908_o 910._o d_o e._n c._n p._n 628_o and_o 823._o e_o e.c.p._n 270_o 715._o a_o harmon_n confess_v b_o countermarch_v to_o m._n james_n his_o retreat_n 1607._o c_o ibid._n and_o protestation_n protest_v pag._n 14._o d_o consideration_n to_o dissuade_v man_n from_o further_a gather_n of_o church_n decem._n 23●_z 1643._o e_o vid._n 27._o ●en_a 8._o c._n 24._o f_o feb._n 1●_z 1642_o e.c._n p._n 917._o g_o k._n james_n his_o proclamation_n for_o uniformity_n 1._o iacobi_fw-la march_n 5._o a_o order_n of_o commons_o sep._n 25.1643_o b_o consid._n of_o the_o assembly_n dec._n 3._o 1643._o c_o covenant_n with_o nar._n p._n 17._o d_o s._n andr._n aug._n 3._o 164●_z e._n c._n p._n 598._o e_o edenb._n aug._n 18_o 1642._o e._n c._n p._n 599._o f_o ex._n coll._n p._n 602_o 603._o g_o analysis_n of_o the_o covenant_n h_o ex_fw-la coll●p_n 636._o i_o vid._n 1._o hen._n 4._o cap._n 14._o and_o 4._o hen._n 4._o c._n 23._o k_o 14._o ed._n 3._o c._n 5._o l_o 24._o hen._n 8._o ●_z 12._o 1._o eliz._n c._n 1._o 24._o hen._n 8._o c._n 19_o m_o covenant_n with_o nar._n p._n 32._o a_o con●_z scot_n artic._n 20._o b_o first_o argument_n against_o the_o canon_n p._n 17._o c_o second_o speech_n p._n 13._o d_o e.c.p._n 655._o e_o ib._n p._n 114._o 158.164_o 272.716_o f_o 1642._o e.c.p._n 35._o g_o ib._n p._n 724._o h_o ib_n p._n 278._o i_o ib._n p._n 580._o k_o ib._n p._n 81,94_o 684._o l_o ib._n p._n 565_o 566._o m_o ib._n p._n 156._o n_o e.c.p._n

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