Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	dead_a	die_v	sin_n	16,958	5	5.5972	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28908	Pandaemonium, or, The devil's cloyster being a further blow to modern sadduceism, proving the existence of witches and spirits, in a discourse deduced from the fall of the angels, the propagation of Satans kingdom before the flood, the idolatry of the ages after greatly advancing diabolical confederacies, with an account of the lives and transactions of several notorious witches : also, a collection of several authentick relations of strange apparitions of dæmons and spectres, and fascinations of witches, never before printed / by Richard Bovet ...	Bovet, Richard, b. ca. 1641.	1684 (1684)	Wing B3864; ESTC R15851	101,986	250

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guess_v at_o what_o i_o say_v by_o the_o resentment_n cain_n of_o man_n one_o of_o the_o worst_a have_v of_o god_n refuse_v to_o accept_v he_o gen._n 4._o ver_fw-la 5._o it_o cast_v he_o down_o and_o fill_v he_o with_o trouble_n no_o condition_n be_v uneasy_a to_o a_o soul_n that_o enjoy_v god_n favour_n for_o it_o be_v better_a than_o life_n psal_n 63._o ver_fw-la 3._o and_o every_o condition_n be_v dark_a and_o doleful_a without_o his_o favour_n what_o be_v hell_n but_o a_o place_n where_o hopeless_a soul_n be_v under_o the_o inconceivable_a torture_n of_o a_o eternal_a rejection_n and_o separation_n from_o god_n what_o be_v heaven_n but_o a_o glorious_a free_a full_a and_o eternal_a state_n of_o nearness_n to_o god_n and_o of_o favour_n with_o he_o this_o acceptance_n be_v the_o great_a blessing_n god_n have_v promise_v to_o such_o as_o serve_v and_o love_v he_o isa_n 56.7_o it_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o all_o we_o obtain_v through_o christ_n in_o who_o we_o be_v accept_v with_o god_n 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