Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	day_n	let_v	lord_n	4,658	5	3.8684	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18036	The conscionable Christian: or, The indeuour of Saint Paul, to haue and discharge a good conscience alwayes towards God, and men laid open and applyed in three sermons. Preached before the honourable judges of the circuit, at their seuerall assises, holden in Chard and Taunton, for the county of Somerset. 1620. By Richard Carpenter, Doctor of Diuinity, and pastor of Sherwell in Deuon.	Carpenter, Richard, 1575-1627.	1623 (1623)	STC 4681; ESTC S107676	65,416	130

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his_o shoulder_n &_o bound_v it_o to_o his_o head_n as_o a_o crown_n of_o honour_n hereunto_o hezekiah_n near_o unto_o 38._o isa_n 38._o death_n have_v recourse_n for_o succour_n confident_o thus_o say_v i_o beseech_v thou_o lord_n remember_v how_o i_o have_v walk_v before_o thou_o in_o truth_n by_o this_o anchor-hold_a all_o the_o child_n of_o god_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o manifold_a temptation_n and_o spiritual_a convulsion_n have_v be_v ever_o so_o main_o sustain_v that_o with_o saint_n paul_n they_o have_v thus_o constant_o resolve_v whether_o we_o live_v we_o live_v unto_o the_o 8._o rom._n 14._o 8._o lord_n whether_o we_o die_v we_o die_v unto_o the_o lord_n whether_o we_o live_v therefore_o or_o die_v we_o be_v the_o lord_n use_v do_v you_o then_o man_n father_n and_o brethren_n desire_v to_o have_v in_o yourselves_o a_o heaven_n upon_o earth_n and_o to_o aspire_v to_o a_o happiness_n independent_a on_o the_o creature_n without_o you_o o_o than_o endeavour_n earnest_o and_o pursue_v this_o one_o thing_n above_o other_o thing_n viz._n