Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	breath_n	life_n	zion_n	19	3	8.6452	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39675	Pneumatologia, a treatise of the soul of man wherein the divine original, excellent and immortal nature of the soul are opened, its love and inclination to the body, with the necessity of its separation from it, considered and improved, the existence, operations, and states of separated souls, both in Heaven and Hell, immediately after death, asserted, discussed, and variously applyed, divers knotty and difficult questions about departed souls, both philosophical, and theological, stated and determined, the invaluable preciousness of humane souls, and the various artifices of Satan (their professed enemy) to destroy them, discovered, and the great duty and interest of all men, seasonable and heartily to comply with the most great and gracious design of the Father, Son, and Spirit, for the salvation of their souls, argued and pressed / by John Flavel ...	Flavel, John, 1630?-1691.	1685 (1685)	Wing F1176; ESTC R5953	379,180	504

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which_o signify_v sometime_o time_n and_o sometime_o occasion_n season_n or_o opportunity_n and_o according_o be_v express_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tempus_fw-la and_o tempestivitas_n the_o latter_a be_v the_o word_n here_o use_v and_o denote_v the_o commodiousness_n and_o fitness_n of_o some_o part_n of_o time_n above_o other_o for_o the_o successful_a and_o prosperous_a management_n and_o accomplishment_n of_o our_o main_a and_o great_a business_n in_o this_o world_n which_o be_v to_o secure_v our_o interest_n in_o christ_n and_o glorify_v god_n in_o a_o course_n of_o fruitful_a obedience_n for_o these_o great_a and_o weighty_a purpose_n our_o time_n be_v gracious_o lengthen_v out_o and_o many_o fit_a opportunity_n present_v to_o we_o in_o the_o