Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	die_v	fear_v	life_n	8,855	5	5.0708	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09254	The charge of God and the King to iudges and magistrates, for execution of iustice. In a sermon preached before Sr Henry Hobart Knight and Baronet, Lord Chiefe Iustice of the Common Pleas: and Sr Robert Haughton Knight, one of the iudges of the Kings Bench, at the Assises at Hartford. By William Pemberton B.D. and minister at high-Ongar in Essex.	Pemberton, William, d. 1622.	1619 (1619)	STC 19568; ESTC S103437	46,028	130

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quaedam_fw-la est_fw-la hum●nitas_fw-la cum_fw-la malti_fw-la paucorum_fw-la animaduers●one_fw-la saluantur_fw-la and_o therefore_o it_o be_v well_o conclude_v by_o justinian_n in_o his_o novel_a constitution_n it_o be_v not_o inhumanity_n but_o rather_o special_a humanity_n when_o many_o be_v save_v by_o the_o punishment_n of_o a_o few_o judgement_n must_v pass_v with_o needful_a severity_n against_o notorious_a and_o evident_a malefactor_n as_o for_o treason_n poison_n murder_n and_o the_o like_a heinous_a crime_n ut_fw-la poena_fw-la ad_fw-la paucos_fw-la metus_fw-la ad_fw-la multos_fw-la perveniat_fw-la that_o punishment_n may_v fall_v on_o a_o few_o fear_v on_o many_o for_o some_o few_o must_v needs_o be_v punish_v that_o more_o may_v be_v terrify_v and_o all_o may_v be_v amend_v or_o restrain_v from_o evil_a this_o be_v the_o sentence_n of_o the_o lord_n himself_o against_o a_o false-witnesse-bearer_n if_o the_o witness_n be_v a_o false_a witness_n and_o have_v testify_v falsehood_n against_o his_o brother_n 20_o deutr._fw-la 19.16_o 17_o 18_o 19_o 20_o then_o shall_v you_o do_v unto_o he_o as_o he_o have_v think_v to_o