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	soul_n	state_n	7,301	5	6.5610	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62378	An exposition vvith notes on the whole fourth chapter to the the Romanes wherein the grand question of justification by faith alone, without works, is controverted, stated, cleared, and fully resolved ... / by William Sclater, Doctor in Divinity, sometimes minister of Gods word at Pitminster, in Summerset ; now published by his son, William Sclater, Batchelar in Divinity, minister at Collompton in Devon.	Sclater, William, 1575-1626.; Sclater, William, 1609-1661.	1650 (1650)	Wing S918; ESTC R37207	141,740	211

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when_o the_o revelation_n be_v complete_a and_o the_o sense_n thereof_o distinct_o understand_v confer_v gen._n 17.17_o 18._o what_o if_o we_o say_v paul_n meaning_n be_v this_o he_o consider_v not_o these_o impediment_n out_o of_o doubtfulness_n of_o the_o promise_n but_o as_o admire_v the_o power_n and_o great_a grace_n of_o the_o promiser_n intend_v he_o a_o favour_n that_o must_v be_v accomplish_v against_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n say_v augustine_n riserat_fw-la pater_fw-la quando_fw-la ei_fw-la promissus_fw-la est_fw-la 36._o augustin_n de_fw-fr civ_o dei_fw-la lib._n 16._o cap._n 31._o &_o super_fw-la gen._n qu._n 36._o admirans_fw-la in_o gaudio_fw-la riserat_fw-la &_o mater_fw-la quando_fw-la iterum_fw-la promissus_fw-la est_fw-la dubitans_fw-la in_o gaudio_fw-la the_o same_o augustine_n to_o like_o purpose_n inquire_v why_o the_o lord_n reprove_v sarahs_n and_o not_o abraham_n laughter_n and_o thus_o answer_v quia_fw-la illius_fw-la risus_fw-la admirationis_fw-la &_o laetitiae_fw-la fuit_fw-la sarae_n autem_fw-la dubitationis_fw-la so_o much_o force_n be_v there_o in_o the_o ground_n of_o our_o action_n to_o determine_v they_o either_o to_o good_a or_o evil_a the_o three_o quaere_fw-la how_o say_v paul_n of_o abraham_n body_n it_o be_v dead_a that_o be_v destitute_a of_o generative_a vigour_n when_o as_o so_o many_o year_n after_o he_o have_v many_o child_n by_o keturah_n gen._n 25.1_o 11_o august_n qu._n 35._o super_fw-la gen._n &_o the_o civ_o dei_fw-la lib._n 16._o c._n 28._o &_o contra_fw-la julian._n pelag._n l._n 3._o c._n 11_o 2._o his_o second_o wife_n after_o sarahs_n death_n answ_n augustine_n in_o many_o place_n propound_v this_o doubt_n and_o assoyl_v it_o the_o sum_n of_o his_o solution_n be_v this_o first_o that_o it_o be_v dead_a in_o respect_n of_o sarahs_n body_n decay_v by_o age_n not_o so_o in_o respect_n of_o a_o young_a woman_n allege_v to_o that_o purpose_n the_o judgement_n of_o physician_n emortuum_fw-la corpus_fw-la non_fw-la ita_fw-la intelligendum_fw-la est_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la omnino_fw-la nullam_fw-la vim_o generandi_fw-la habere_fw-la posset_n si_fw-la mulier_fw-la juvenilis_fw-la aetatis_fw-la esset_fw-la sed_fw-la secundum_fw-la hoc_fw-la emortuum_fw-la ut_fw-la etiam_fw-la de_fw-la provectioris_fw-la aetatis_fw-la muliere_fw-la non_fw-la posset_n his_o second_o answer_n this_o that_o abraham_n body_n be_v dead_a until_o such_o time_n as_o the_o lord_n be_v please_v to_o put_v new_a vigour_n into_o it_o as_o he_o do_v for_o the_o beget_n of_o isaac_n and_o that_o the_o same_o gift_n of_o generation_n continue_v after_o the_o death_n of_o sarah_n for_o beget_v of_o other_o child_n of_o keturah_n we_o have_v both_o in_o sum_n abraham_n body_n be_v dead_a through_o age_n ut_fw-la ex_fw-la illius_fw-la aetatis_fw-la foeminâ_fw-la gignere_fw-la non_fw-la valeret_fw-la qui_fw-la tamen_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la de_fw-la adolescentula_fw-la valeret_fw-la sicut_fw-la postea_fw-la de_fw-la cethura_n valuit_fw-la quamuìs_fw-la &_o illic_fw-la dici_fw-la possit_fw-la foecunditatis_fw-la munus_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la