Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	jesus_n	law_n	spirit_n	7,842	5	6.0757	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25835	The souls worth and danger, or A discourse exciting and directing to the due care of its eternal salvation upon the words of our blessed saviour	Armstrong, John, 1634 or 5-1698.	1677 (1677)	Wing A3708B; ESTC R214882	33,452	78

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