Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	law_n	sin_n	sin_v	8,157	5	9.6294	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40787	The snake in the grass further discovered, or, The Quakers no Christians proving out of their own writings, that they deny, I. The Scriptures to be the Word of God, II. Baptism, and the Lord's Supper, III. The manhood of Christ, &c. : with an account of their canons, constitutions, ecclesiastical order and discipline.	Faldo, John, 1633-1690.	1698 (1698)	Wing F305; ESTC R40574	226,252	360

§_o 6_o contribute_v a_o good_a measure_n nevertheless_o de●th_v reign_v from_o adam_n to_o moses_n even_o over_o they_o that_o have_v not_o sin_v after_o the_o similitude_n of_o adam_n transgression_n who_o be_v the_o figure_n of_o he_o that_o be_v to_o come_v there_o be_v two_o respect_n wherein_o at_o least_o many_o of_o those_o over_o who_o death_n reign_v from_o adam_n to_o moses_n do_v not_o sin_n after_o the_o similitude_n of_o adam_n transgression_n first_o they_o do_v not_o sin_n against_o a_o reveal_v law_n which_o adam_n do_v in_o eat_v the_o forbid_a fruit_n and_o there_o be_v not_o reveal_v law_n or_o covenant_n of_o life_n express_o and_o explicit_o give_v from_o god_n after_o adam_n time_n before_o the_o fall_n until_o moses_n second_o they_o do_v not_o all_o sin_n actual_o and_o in_o their_o own_o person_n as_o adam_n do_v yet_o death_n reign_v over_o infant_n who_o be_v in_o respect_n of_o actual_a sin_n innocent_n and_o by_o what_o law_n do_v infant_n suffer_v death_n 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