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	righteousness_n	sin_n	20,387	5	5.1345	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74998	Some baptismal abuses briefly discovered. Or A cordial endeavour to reduce the administration and use of baptism, to its primitive purity; in two parts. The first part, tending to disprove the lawfulness of infant baptism. The second part, tending to prove it necessary for persons to be baptized after they believe, their infant baptism, or any pre-profession of the Gospel notwithstanding. As also, discovering the disorder and irregularity that is in mixt communion of persons baptized, with such as are unbaptized, in church-fellowship. By William Allen.	Allen, William, d. 1686.	1653 (1653)	Wing A1075; Thomason E702_12; ESTC R10531	105,249	135

respect_n it_o be_v like_a unto_o the_o feast_n that_o be_v in_o juda_n to_o wit_n of_o god_n own_o appoint_v yet_o because_o he_o take_v liberty_n to_o vary_v the_o time_n of_o its_o celebration_n from_o the_o fourteen_o day_n of_o the_o first_o month_n the_o time_n of_o god_n own_o choose_n unto_o the_o fifteen_o day_n of_o the_o eight_o month_n which_o be_v therefore_o call_v the_o month_n which_o he_o have_v devise_v of_o his_o own_o heart_n therefore_o be_v this_o feast_n worthy_o esteem_v none_o of_o god_n feast_n but_o jeroboam'_v feast_n 1_o king_n 12.32_o 33._o and_o be_v there_o not_o the_o same_o proportion_n of_o reason_n to_o adjudge_v infant-baptism_n to_o have_v none_o other_o author_n but_o man_n and_o to_o be_v a_o thing_n devise_v of_o man_n own_o heart_n though_o it_o shall_v be_v grant_v that_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o outward_a element_n and_o action_n thereto_o belong_v it_o be_v like_a unto_o the_o baptism_n which_o be_v from_o god_n yet_o in_o as_o much_o as_o 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