Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	bring_v	sin_n	wage_n	4,080	5	11.1858	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93662	Aphonologos. A dumb speech. Or, A sermon made, but no sermon preached, at the funerall of the right vertuous Mrs Mary Overman, wife to Mr Thomas Overman the younger. Of the parish, formerly called, Saint Saviours, or vulgarly Mary Overis, in Southwarke. By B. Spencer, minister of Bromley.	Spencer, Benjamin, b. 1595?	1646 (1646)	Wing S4942; Thomason E1180_3; Thomason C.54.aa.1(3); ESTC R208123	32,914	87

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either_o in_o good_a work_n or_o god_n worship_n her_o chamber_n be_v not_o only_o a_o shop_n of_o confection_n as_o the_o fashion_n be_v but_o a_o oratory_n for_o devotion_n three_o in_o a_o long_a and_o tedious_a consumption_n she_o behave_v herself_o very_o patient_o and_o know_v under_o who_o hand_n she_o suffer_v open_v not_o her_o mouth_n in_o any_o discontent_n and_o well_o perceive_v it_o be_v the_o lord_n do_v thus_o to_o permit_v she_o to_o suffer_v she_o lay_v she_o down_o and_o possess_v her_o soul_n in_o patience_n only_o with_o the_o meek_a spirit_n of_o job_n intend_v saintlike_a to_o imitate_v he_o in_o this_o her_o sanctify_a affliction_n in_o the_o depth_n of_o her_o consumption_n yet_o in_o the_o height_n of_o her_o devotion_n apply_v ever_o and_o anon_o job_n deplore_a word_n to_o her_o languish_a self_n and_o like_o he_o whole_o submit_v herself_o to_o god_n dispoall_n say_v my_o month_n be_v month_n of_o vanity_n and_o sad_a night_n be_v appoint_v for_o i_o and_o 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