Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	cause_n	eternal_a	sin_n	4,291	5	4.9870	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33361	A discourse of the saving grace of God by ... David Clarkson ...	Clarkson, David, 1622-1686.	1688 (1688)	Wing C4573; ESTC R12535	66,518	170

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