Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	call_v	law_n	life_n	4,826	5	4.9748	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13270	The royall passing-bell: or, Dauids summons to the graue A sermon preached (lately) in the parish-church of Orchard-Portman in Sommerset. At the funerall of the most hopefull, and truely-noble, Sr. Hugh Portman, baronet; the great losse and sorrow both of his name and countrie. By Humphrey Sydenham, Master of Arts, late fellow of Wadham Colledge in Oxford.	Sydenham, Humphrey, 1591-1650?	1630 (1630)	STC 23571; ESTC S118111	24,485	48

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thou_o will_v say_v that_o be_v go_v too_o but_o the_o three_o doubtless_o thou_o enioy'_v that_o be_v thy_o own_o ibid._n aug._n ibid._n be_v it_o so_o and_o yet_o si_fw-la tertiam_fw-la dabis_fw-la non_fw-la diem_fw-la sed_fw-la horam_fw-la dabis_fw-la do_v thou_o talk_v then_o of_o number_n that_o have_v but_o a_o day_n or_o of_o a_o day_n that_o have_v but_o one_o hour_n a_o hour_n not_o that_o neither_o not_o that_o very_a hour_n thou_o think_v thou_o enioy'_v for_o if_o some_o part_n of_o it_o be_v now_o past_a and_o another_o as_o yet_o remain_v and_o of_o that_o which_o be_v past_a thou_o can_v not_o dispose_v because_o it_o be_v not_o now_o nor_o of_o that_o which_o remain_v because_o it_o be_v not_o yet_o what_o can_v thou_o give_v of_o this_o hour_n or_o if_o thou_o give_v what_o be_v it_o

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vanitas_fw-la omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la locuin_n august_n musculus_fw-la mollerus_n jun._n trem._n in_o locuin_n so_o saint_n augustine_n omnis_fw-la vanitas_fw-la universus_fw-la homo_fw-la so_fw-mi musculus_fw-la mera_fw-fr vanitas_fw-la omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la so_o mollerus_n and_o omnimoda_fw-la vanitas_fw-la omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la so_o junius_n and_o tremelius_fw-la every_o translation_n be_v double-strung_a and_o harp'_v altogether_o on_o the_o plural_a the_o prophet_n say_v not_o i_o be_o vain_a or_o man_n be_v vain_a or_o man_n be_v vanity_n nor_o that_o man_n be_v vain_a or_o vanity_n but_o the_o whole_a series_n 39_o aynsworth_n in_o psal_n 39_o and_o descent_n come_v within_o the_o chorus_n every_o man_n be_v vanity_n nay_o every_o man_n be_v every_o vanity_n all_o mankind_n all_o manner_n of_o vanity_n so_o the_o root_n all_o adam_n all_o hebeb_n all_o mankind_n all_o vanity_n there_o be_v nothing_o within_o the_o round_a of_o this_o little_a world_n the_o whole_a circuit_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n whosoever_o whatsoever_o or_o how_o great_a soever_o but_o it_o be_v vain_a 11._o bolduc_n in_o cap._n 11._o joh._n v._o 11._o vanity_n all_o vanity_n and_o therefore_o some_o commentator_n peruse_v that_o of_o the_o eleven_o of_o job_n vers_fw-la 11._o god_n know_v vain_a man_n read_v it_o novit_fw-la deus_fw-la hominum_fw-la vanitatem_fw-la god_n know_v the_o vanity_n of_o man_n or_o as_o other_o more_o nimble_o novit_fw-la deus_fw-la homines_fw-la vanitatis_fw-la god_n know_v the_o man_n of_o vanity_n so_o saint_n augustine_n paraphrase_v on_o that_o of_o the_o preacher_n eccles_n 1._o vanity_n of_o vanity_n all_o be_v vanity_n will_v not_o read_v the_o word_n 21._o aug._n lib_n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la religione_fw-la cap._n 21._o vanitas_fw-la vanitatum_fw-la but_o vanitas_fw-la vanitantium_fw-la as_o if_o man_n make_v the_o vanity_n and_o not_o vanity_n the_o man_n so_o neque_fw-la frustra_fw-la additum_fw-la est_fw-la vanitantium_fw-la say_v the_o father_n quia_fw-la si_fw-la vanitante_n detrahas_fw-la non_fw-la eritcorpus_fw-la vanitas_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la genere_fw-la quamuis_fw-la extremam_fw-la pulchritudinem_fw-la sine_fw-la ullo_fw-la errore_fw-la remonstrabit_fw-la in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr ver_fw-la a_o religione_fw-la cap._n 21._o and_o indeed_o we_o too_o much_o injure_v and_o disparage_v not_o only_o the_o time_n we_o live_v in_o but_o also_o those_o of_o our_o predecessor_n cry_v out_o on_o the_o vanity_n of_o either_o when_o the_o stoyicke_n tell_v we_o hominum_fw-la sunt_fw-la ista_fw-la 56._o sen._n epist_n 56._o non_fw-la temporum_fw-la the_o vanity_n be_v in_o the_o man_n and_o not_o in_o the_o age_n or_o if_o it_o be_v there_o and_o the_o vanity_n of_o all_o creature_n within_o it_o man_n will_v engross_v it_o all_o so_o the_o same_o saint_n augustine_n expound_v the_o apostle_n 53._o aug._n in_o cap._n 8._o ro._n cap._n 53._o vanitati_fw-la subiecta_fw-la est_fw-la creatura_fw-la the_o creature_n be_v subject_a unto_o vanity_n rom._n 8._o first_o put_v his_o all_o vanity_n into_o the_o creature_n and_o then_o all_o creature_n into_o man_n and_o that_o without_o the_o least_o calumny_n or_o injustice_n so_o he_o profess_v omnem_fw-la creaturam_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la homine_fw-la sine_fw-la ulla_fw-la calumnia_fw-la cogitemus_fw-la in_o his_o tract_n upon_o the_o roman_n cap._n 13._o and_o indeed_o it_o be_v just_a that_o he_o who_o have_v the_o glory_n of_o all_o creature_n while_o he_o stand_v clothe_v in_o his_o integrity_n shall_v have_v all_o their_o frailty_n too_o when_o he_o be_v disrobe_v and_o so_o it_o fall_v out_o at_o length_n that_o he_o that_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o all_o vanity_n man_n be_v all_o vanity_n himself_o 4._o verse_n 4._o there_o be_v a_o time_n when_o he_o be_v but_o like_a unto_o it_o man_n be_v like_a unto_o vanity_n psal_n 144._o now_o he_o be_v vanity_n itself_o it_o be_v his_o essential_a and_o proper_a quality_n not_o in_o part_n or_o resemblance_n only_o but_o altogether_o vanity_n man_n be_v altogether_o vanity_n and_o what_o be_v that_o 38._o aug._n in_o psal_n 38._o totum_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la transit_fw-la vanitas_fw-la dicitur_fw-la every_o transitorinesse_n be_v a_o vanity_n that_o which_o reside_n not_o we_o call_v vain_a because_o it_o vanish_v so_o do_v a_o vapour_n we_o say_v or_o a_o smoke_n and_o man_n be_v both_o and_o therefore_o a_o vanity_n and_o a_o vanity_n or_o if_o you_o please_v once_o more_o a_o vanity_n of_o vanity_n for_o that_o which_o the_o septuagint_n read'_v so_o in_o their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hierome_n and_o other_o will_v have_v read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vapour_n fumi_fw-la and_o aurea_fw-la tenuis_fw-la the_o vapour_n of_o a_o smoke_n or_o a_o thin_a air_n hebel_n a_o soon_o vanish_v vapour_n as_o the_o breath_n of_o one_o mouth_n or_o nostril_n so_o vives_z note_n be_v upon_o the_o father_n in_o his_o twenty_o de_n civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la cap._n 3._o it_o be_v true_a 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