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	power_n	spirit_n	7,513	5	4.9941	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64335	The reason of episcopall inspection asserted in a sermon at a visitation in Cambridge by John Templer ...	Templer, John, d. 1693.	1676 (1676)	Wing T665; ESTC R18565	44,463	68

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these_o remain_v the_o infernal_a spirit_n make_v it_o his_o business_n to_o invite_v and_o draw_v forth_o into_o act_n he_o be_v style_v by_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d avertens_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la not_o only_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o his_o own_o departure_n from_o god_n but_o his_o daily_a attempt_n to_o entice_v other_o into_o a_o disloyal_a deportment_n towards_o he_o he_o have_v give_v undoubted_a testimony_n of_o his_o activity_n this_o way_n in_o all_o age_n when_o moses_n be_v dead_a he_o contend_v with_o the_o archangel_n about_o his_o body_n believe_v if_o the_o remain_v of_o the_o mortality_n of_o so_o excellent_a a_o person_n be_v in_o his_o possession_n they_o may_v be_v of_o eminent_a use_n to_o draw_v forth_o those_o inclination_n which_o be_v in_o man_n to_o make_v religious_a address_n to_o the_o dead_a though_o the_o angel_n disappoint_v the_o use_n of_o this_o medium_n yet_o he_o obtain_v his_o end_n 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