Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	eternal_a	sin_n	wage_n	12,499	5	11.2125	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23696	The art of patience and balm of Gilead under all afflictions an appendix to The art of contentment / by the author of The whole duty of man.	Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.; Pakington, Dorothy Coventry, Lady, d. 1679.; Sterne, Richard, 1596?-1683.	1694 (1694)	Wing A1096; ESTC R20086	106,621	176

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my_o skin_n have_v he_o make_v old_a he_o have_v break_v my_o bone_n lam._n 3.1_o 3_o 4._o consider_v the_o prophet_n apostle_n and_o martyr_n the_o great_a favourite_n of_o heaven_n some_o on_o gridiron_n other_o in_o boil_a caldron_n some_o on_o spit_n other_o under_o saw_n some_o in_o flame_n other_o crash_v with_o the_o tooth_n of_o wild_a beast_n some_o on_o rack_n other_o in_o fiery_a furnace_n most_o of_o they_o in_o such_o torment_n as_o in_o comparison_n thy_o pain_n be_v but_o a_o sport_n but_o to_o leave_v mortality_n and_o sinful_a dust_n and_o ash_n thou_o may_v behold_v the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o lord_n of_o life_n the_o king_n of_o glory_n god_n bless_v for_o ever_o sweat_v drop_n of_o blood_n in_o his_o dreadful_a agony_n and_o may_v hear_v he_o cry_v upon_o the_o tree_n of_o curse_n and_o shame_n my_o god_n my_o god_n why_o have_v thou_o forsake_v i_o matth._n 27.46_o alas_o what_o be_v we_o capable_a to_o suffer_v in_o proportion_n of_o these_o torture_n what_o be_v 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