Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	life_n	mercy_n	sin_n	7,643	5	4.4754	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13544	A mappe of Rome liuely exhibiting her mercilesse meeknesse, and cruell mercies to the Church of God: preached in fiue sermons, on occasion of the Gunpowder Treason, by T.T. and now published by W.I. minister. 1. The Romish furnace. 2. The Romish Edom. 3. The Romish fowler. 4. The Romish conception. To which is added, 5. The English gratulation.	Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632.; Jemmat, William, 1596?-1678.	1620 (1620)	STC 23838; ESTC S118180	76,684	109

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thou_o shal●_n glorify_v i_o ii_o the_o work_n great_a thing_n the_o lord_n be_v a_o great_a god_n and_o great_a thing_n beseem_v he_o psalm_n 135.5_o i_o know_v the_o lord_n be_v great_a and_o he_o do_v great_a thing_n 1._o to_o manifest_v the_o greatness_n of_o his_o power_n above_o all_o creature_n 2._o that_o there_o may_v never_o want_v some_o great_a occasion_n of_o praise_v and_o glorify_v his_o name_n 3._o that_o our_o eye_n may_v be_v lift_v up_o above_o humane_a counsel_n and_o not_o fix_v on_o inferior_a thing_n when_o we_o see_v event_n which_o can_v be_v wield_v by_o nothing_o but_o a_o omnipotent_a and_o divine_a hand_n iii_o the_o person_n for_o who_o these_o great_a work_n be_v do_v for_o we_o