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	life_n	night_n	6,421	5	6.6718	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49515	Three sermons preached at Sherborne in Dorsetshire by William Lyford ... being his last sermons ...; Sermons. Selections	Lyford, William, 1598-1653.	1654 (1654)	Wing L3557; ESTC R3029	24,872	37

unto_o thou_o now_o at_o last_o be_v not_o my_o gospel_n worth_n thy_o ten_o thou_o owe_v to_o thy_o minister_n even_o thyself_o also_o philem_n v._n 19_o and_o do_v thou_o begrudge_v they_o of_o thy_o temporall_n o_o england_n be_v thou_o become_v a_o land_n of_o gadarens_n that_o to_o save_v thy_o tithe_n will_v send_v away_o thy_o preacher_n be_v thy_o soul_n worth_n no_o more_o than_o the_o price_n of_o these_o perish_a thing_n consider_v what_o the_o change_n will_v be_v have_v thou_o forget_v thy_o bless_a sabath_n and_o the_o fruitful_a solemnity_n of_o they_o thy_o comfortable_a communion_n with_o god_n in_o the_o sacrament_n in_o prayer_n and_o praise_n will_v it_o not_o be_v a_o sad_a time_n to_o see_v a_o famine_n not_o of_o bread_n but_o of_o hear_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o see_v the_o song_n and_o solemnity_n of_o the_o temple_n turn_v into_o howl_n to_o see_v those_o holy_a and_o beautiful_a house_n where_o our_o father_n praise_v god_n to_o be_v burn_v with_o 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