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	hand_n	live_v	4,507	5	5.0596	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17693	A sermon of the famous and Godly learned man, master Iohn Caluine chiefe Minister and Pastour of Christs church at Geneua, conteining an exhortation to suffer persecution for followinge Iesus Christe and his Gospell, vpon this text following. Heb. 13. 13. Go ye out of the tents after Christe, bearing his rebuke. Translated out of French into english,; Quatre sermons avec exposition du Pseaume 87. English. Sermon 2. Selections	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Fielde, John, d. 1588.; I. P., fl. 1581.	1581 (1581)	STC 4439.5; ESTC S116257	19,849	45

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