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	threaten_v	4,607	5	10.0030	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76812	The covenant sealed. Or, A treatise of the sacraments of both covenants, polemicall and practicall. Especially of the sacraments of the covenant of grace. In which, the nature of them is laid open, the adæquate subject is largely inquired into, respective to right and proper interest. to fitnesse for admission to actual participation. Their necessity is made known. Their whole use and efficacy is set forth. Their number in Old and New Testament-times is determined. With several necessary and useful corollaries. Together with a brief answer to Reverend Mr. Baxter's apology, in defence of the treatise of the covenant. / By Thomas Blake, M.A. pastor of Tamworth, in the counties of Stafford and Warwick.	Blake, Thomas, 1597?-1657.; Cartwright, Christopher, 1602-1658.	1655 (1655)	Wing B3144; Thomason E846_1; ESTC R4425	638,828	706

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forgive_v i_o what_o you_o say_v be_v their_o wickedness_n they_o will_v say_v be_v innocent_a and_o praise_v worthy_a i_o never_o know_v a_o more_o vile_a wretch_n than_o one_o that_o will_v say_v that_o he_o think_v in_o conscience_n he_o serve_v god_n better_a on_o a_o sunday_n spend_v six_o penny_n in_o a_o alehouse_n to_o help_v a_o poor_a woman_n with_o her_o child_n to_o live_v then_o in_o go_v to_o church_n when_o his_o own_o wife_n and_o child_n stand_v in_o a_o much_o need_n as_o any_o ale-wive's_a whosoever_o look_v among_o papist_n who_o look_v upon_o work_n not_o only_o as_o such_o that_o justify_v but_o also_o merit_n and_o supererogate_v and_o see_v how_o far_o they_o exceed_v those_o that_o hold_v this_o which_o you_o call_v so_o dangerous_a a_o principle_n they_o be_v saint_n here_o they_o say_v compare_v with_o those_o in_o italy_n and_o spain_n this_o be_v the_o place_n of_o their_o persecution_n yet_o doctor_n hall_n observe_v in_o his_o serious_a dissuasive_a 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