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	king_n	put_v	4,176	5	4.9553	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26847	A posing question, put by the wise man, viz. Solomon, to the wisest men concerning making a judgment of the temporal conditions : wherein you have the ignorance of man (in knowing, what is good, or evil, for man in this life) discovered, together, with the mistakes that flow from it : and the great question resolved, viz. whether the knowledg of, what is good for a man in this life, be so hid from man, that no man can attain it / preached at the weekly lecture at Upton ... by Benjamin Baxter ...	Baxter, Benjamin, Preacher of the Gospel.; Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1662 (1662)	Wing B1172A; ESTC R39509	142,945	270

we_o as_o our_o daily_a bread_n it_o be_v strange_a yet_o it_o be_v true_a these_o thorn_n will_v bear_v grape_n and_o these_o thistle_n will_v bear_v figgs_n and_o there_o be_v a_o day_n when_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n shall_v say_v they_o can_v not_o have_v be_v without_o such_o and_o such_o affliction_n and_o that_o it_o be_v good_a for_o they_o that_o they_o be_v afflict_a some_o tree_n there_o be_v who_o root_n be_v bitter_a yet_o their_o fruit_n sweet_a a_o natural_a eye_n see_v no_o good_a in_o they_o and_o taste_v no_o sweetness_n and_o indeed_o the_o spiritual_a man_n do_v not_o always_o at_o present_a discern_v what_o advantage_n come_v by_o they_o we_o must_v know_v those_o creature_n that_o we_o look_v upon_o as_o venomous_a and_o noxious_a be_v yet_o useful_a for_o some_o end_n and_o some_o respect_n thus_o even_o toad_n etc._n etc._n the_o skilful_a apothecary_n know_v how_o to_o make_v viper_n and_o scorpion_n medicinal_a inquire_v of_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n and_o 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