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	flesh_n	live_v	4,655	5	5.5646	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55005	Memorials of godliness & Christianity in three parts : with a brief account of the authors life / by Herbert Palmer.	Palmer, Herbert, 1601-1647.	1670 (1670)	Wing P240; ESTC R27526	31,188	143

do_v nothing_o without_o sin_n 69._o he_o can_v do_v nothing_o against_o his_o will_n yet_o he_o do_v what_o he_o will_v not_o 70._o he_o waver_v and_o doubt_n and_o yet_o obtain_v he_o be_v often_o toss_v and_o shake_v and_o yet_o like_o mount_n zion_n 71._o he_o be_v a_o serpent_n and_o a_o dove_n a_o lamb_n and_o a_o lion_n a_o reed_n and_o a_o cedar_n 72._o he_o be_v sometime_o so_o trouble_v that_o he_o think_v nothing_o be_v true_a in_o religion_n and_o yet_o if_o he_o do_v think_v so_o he_o can_v not_o be_v at_o all_o trouble_a 73._o he_o think_v sometime_o god_n have_v no_o mercy_n for_o he_o and_o yet_o resolve_v to_o die_v in_o the_o pursuit_n of_o it_o 74._o he_o believe_v like_o abraham_n in_o hope_n and_o against_o hope_n &_o though_o he_o can_v never_o answer_v god_n logic_n yet_o with_o the_o woman_n of_o canaan_n he_o hope_v to_o prevail_v with_o the_o rhetoric_n of_o importunity_n 75._o he_o wrestle_v with_o god_n and_o prevail_v and_o though_o yield_v himself_o unworthy_a the_o least_o blessing_n he_o enjoy_v already_o yet_o jacob-like_a will_v not_o let_v god_n go_v without_o a_o new_a blessing_n 76._o he_o sometime_o think_v himself_o to_o have_v no_o grace_n at_o all_o and_o yet_o how_o poor_a and_o afflict_a soever_o he_o be_v beside_o he_o will_v not_o change_v condition_n with_o the_o most_o prosperous_a upon_o earth_n that_o be_v a_o manifest_a worldling_n 77._o he_o think_v sometime_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n do_v he_o no_o good_a at_o all_o and_o yet_o he_o will_v rather_o part_v with_o his_o life_n than_o be_v deprive_v of_o they_o 78._o he_o be_v bear_v dead_a and_o yet_o so_o as_o it_o have_v be_v murder_n to_o have_v take_v his_o life_n away_o 79._o when_o life_n be_v first_o put_v into_o he_o be_v common_o unknown_a and_o with_o some_o not_o until_o they_o have_v learned_a to_o speak_v and_o be_v even_o grow_v up_o to_o the_o stature_n of_o a_o man_n and_o with_o other_o not_o till_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o drop_v into_o 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