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	life_n	word_n	4,662	5	4.0526	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15334	A Christian and learned exposition vpon certaine verses of that eight chapter of the Epistle of that blessed Apostle Paule to the Romanes, and namely, vpon verse, 18.19.20.21.22.23. VVritten long agoe, by T.W. for a most deare friend of his in Christ, and now lately published in print, for the benefite and good of Gods people wheresoeuer.	T. W. (Thomas Wilcox), 1549?-1608.	1587 (1587)	STC 25620.5; ESTC S106381	90,228	156

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the_o same_o the_o word_n creature_n here_o be_v take_v in_o the_o same_o sense_n that_o it_o be_v before_o ver_fw-la 19_o of_o this_o chapter_n whereof_o also_o there_o be_v great_a reason_n since_o the_o apostle_n continue_v his_o speech_n of_o the_o selfsame_o matter_n he_o add_v be_v subject_a to_o vanity_n that_o be_v not_o only_o unto_o man_n who_o be_v vanity_n 62.9_o psalm_n 62.9_o yea_o light_a than_o vanity_n itself_o lay_v upon_o the_o balance_n with_o it_o as_o the_o prophet_n in_o plain_a term_n affirm_v and_o his_o vain_a delight_n but_o to_o vanish_v flit_a weak_a and_o unsound_a estate_n of_o both_o which_o point_n we_o need_v no_o great_a or_o long_a proof_n because_o our_o own_o daily_a and_o continual_a experience_n do_v again_o &_o