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	life_n	year_n	7,417	5	4.9417	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28531	The second apologie to Balthazar Tylcken treating of the eternall predestination and election of God, and of the incarnation, or becoming man and person, of Christ, and concerning the Virgin Mary / written in the yeare 1621, finished the 3. of July by Jacob Behme, also called Teutonicus Philosophus ; Englished by John Sparrow.; Zweyte Schutz-Schrift wieder Balthasar Tilken. English	Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.; Sparrow, John, 1615-1665?	1661 (1661)	Wing B3416; ESTC R14771	54,352	66

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or_o from_o my_o precious_a talon_n that_o you_o go_v out_o from_o contention_n and_o read_v the_o brotherly_a christ_n a._n b._n c._n in_o you_o for_o it_o be_v all_o nothing_o and_o unprofitable_a before_o god_n that_o you_o contend_v about_o the_o letter_n it_o stand_v indeed_o in_o all_o man_n the_o ploughman_n be_v as_o learned_a and_o near_a to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n as_o the_o doctor_n if_o he_o read_v the_o brotherly_a a._n b._n c._n in_o himself_o 301._o no_o skill_n or_o knowledge_n make_v you_o bless_v but_o that_o you_o enter_v into_o the_o knowledge_n and_o be_v and_o become_v the_o doer_n or_o practiser_n of_o the_o skill_n or_o knowledge_n not_o a_o proud_a surly_a selfe-honouring_a stubborn_a wild_a wither_a branch_n but_o live_v in_o he_o tree_n of_o god_n wherein_o one_o branch_n afford_v sap_n and_o life_n to_o the_o other_o 302._o o_o how_o the_o mother_n complain_v over_o some_o of_o you_o that_o you_o be_v dry_a wither_a branch_n note_n it_o be_v tell_v 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