Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	good_a	life_n	sin_n	13,827	5	4.6650	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B01127	Salomon's pest-house, or tovver-royall. Newly re-edified and prepared to preserve Londoners with their families, and others, from the doubted deluge of the plague. Item, a laudable excercise [sic] for those that are departed, or shall depart out of the city into the country, to spend their time till they returne, a handfull of holy meditations usefull and requisite for Gods people, men and women, of all estates and degrees, in these doubtfull dayes, whether troubled in body or minde, and whether Gods visitation of the plague increase or decrease. / By the reverend, learned and godly divine I.D. preacher of Gods word. ; Whereunto is added Mr. Holland's admonition, and Mr. Phaer's prescription for bodily physicke. Also London looke-backe: a description or representation of the great and memorable mortality ann. 1625. in heroicke matchlesse lines,.	I. D.; Holland, Henry, 1583-1650?	1636 (1636)	STC 6176.5; ESTC S91591	52,813	78

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affliction_n p._n ibid._n famine_n war_n and_o pestilence_n god_n trinity_n of_o punishment_n p._n 11._o chrysostome_n allege_v for_o prayer_n p._n 12._o philip_n of_o macedon_n his_o answer_n to_o a_o widow_n and_o her_o memorable_a reply_n to_o he_o p._n 13._o bow_v the_o bodily_a knee_n to_o angel_n forbid_v p._n 16._o hilary_n cite_v against_o the_o papist_n p._n 17._o pliny_n cite_v for_o locris_n and_o crotone_n that_o never_o be_v infect_v with_o the_o plague_n p._n 19_o comfort_n for_o a_o weak_a conscience_n of_o a_o conscious_a sinner_n visit_v with_o the_o plague_n p._n 23._o king_n david_n physician_n in_o time_n of_o plague_n p._n 24._o in_o time_n of_o plague_n or_o any_o other_o affliction_n we_o must_v pray_v for_o other_o as_o well_o as_o ourselves_o p._n ibid._n faith_n in_o prayer_n like_o a_o beautiful_a queen_n p._n 30._o cyprian_n cite_v for_o faith_n in_o prayer_n p._n ibid._n seneca_n cite_v for_o confidence_n in_o ask_v p._n 31._o mere_a vocal_a verbal_a and_o 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