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	transgression_n	7,400	5	10.9794	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58807	Practical discourses upon several subjects. Vol. I by John Scott ...	Scott, John, 1639-1695.	1697 (1697)	Wing S2061; ESTC R18726	228,964	494

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