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

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67467	The life of Dr. Sanderson, late Bishop of Lincoln written by Izaak Walton ; to which is added, some short tracts or cases of conscience written by the said Bishop.	Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683.; Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. Judgment concerning submission to usurpers.; Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. Pax ecclesiae.; Hooker, Richard, 1553 or 4-1600. Sermon of Richard Hooker, author of those learned books of Ecclesiastical politie.; Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. Judgment in one view for the settlement of the church.; Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. Judicium Universitatis Oxoniensis. English.	1678 (1678)	Wing W667; ESTC R8226	137,878	542

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deliver_v my_o soul_n from_o death_n my_o eye_n from_o tear_n and_o my_o foot_n from_o fall_v i_o have_v ask_v and_o receive_v seek_v and_o find_v knock_a and_o it_o have_v be_v oopened_a unto_o i_o can_v there_o less_o be_v expect_v at_o our_o hand_n than_o to_o take_v the_o cup_n of_o salvation_n and_o bless_v magnify_v and_o extol_v the_o mercy_n heap_v upon_o the_o head_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n ps._n 116._o be_v we_o in_o the_o case_n of_o they_o who_o as_o yet_o do_v any_o ask_v and_o have_v not_o receive_v it_o be_v but_o attendance_n a_o small_a time_n we_o shall_v rejoice_v then_o but_o how_o we_o shall_v find_v but_o where_o it_o shall_v be_v open_v but_o with_o what_o hand_n to_o all_o which_o demand_n i_o must_v answer_v use_v the_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n quid_fw-la hoc_fw-la ad_fw-la te_fw-la what_o be_v these_o thing_n unto_o we_o be_v it_o for_o we_o to_o be_v make_v acquaint_v with_o the_o way_n he_o have_v to_o bring_v his_o counsel_n &_o purpose_n about_o god_n will_v not_o have_v great_a thing_n bring_v to_o pass_v either_o altogether_o without_o mean_n or_o by_o those_o mean_n altogether_o which_o be_v to_o our_o seem_a probable_a and_o likely_a not_o without_o mean_n lest_o under_o colour_n of_o repose_n in_o god_n we_o shall_v nourish_v at_o any_o time_n in_o in_o ourselves_o idleness_n not_o by_o the_o mere_a hability_n of_o mean_n gather_v together_o through_o our_o own_o providence_n lest_o prevail_v by_o help_n which_o the_o common_a course_n of_o nature_n yield_v we_o shall_v offer_v the_o sacrifice_n of_o thanksgiving_n for_o whatsoever_o prey_n we_o take_v to_o the_o net_n which_o our_o singer_n do_v weave_v than_o which_o there_o can_v be_v to_o he_o more_o intolerable_a injury_n offer_v vere_n &_o absque_fw-la dubio_fw-la say_v st._n bernard_n