Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	remember_v	young_a	youth_n	230	3	8.7075	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14794	Domus ordinata A funerall sermon, preached in the citie of Bristoll, the fiue and twentith day of Iune, 1618. at the buriall of his kinswoman, Mistresse Needes, wife to Mr. Arthur Needes, and sister to Mr. Robert Rogers of Bristoll. By Iohn Warren, minister of Gods word at Much-Clacton in Essex.	Warren, John, Vicar of Great Clacton.	1618 (1618)	STC 25094; ESTC S100741	20,600	48

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the_o same_o psal_n when_o one_o lie_v sick_a upon_o his_o bed_n it_o be_v a_o comfort_n to_o be_v visit_v by_o his_o friend_n yet_o of_o some_o may_v it_o be_v say_v as_o job_n say_v to_o his_o friend_n miserable_a comforter_n be_v you_o and_o physician_n of_o no_o value_n job._n 16.2_o one_o come_v and_o talk_v of_o your_o old_a mad_a prank_n with_o a_o mad_a mind_n another_o come_v and_o he_o be_v full_a of_o contention_n with_o you_o a_o three_o come_v and_o he_o be_v all_o for_o the_o world_n with_o you_o a_o four_o come_v and_o he_o be_v all_o in_o the_o passion_n of_o those_o to_o who_o saint_n paul_n say_v what_o do_v you_o weep_v and_o break_v my_o heart_n act._n 21.13_o all_o miserable_a comforter_n but_o when_o god_n come_v to_o visit_v thou_o in_o thy_o sickness_n oh_o the_o grace_n and_o peace_n that_o he_o shall_v speak_v unto_o thy_o soul_n never_o man_n speak_v as_o he_o will_v speak_v put_v thy_o store-house_n then_o in_o order_n so_o as_o they_o that_o be_v in_o 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receive_v you_o into_o everlasting_a habitation_n luk._n 16.9_o three_o in_o dispose_v of_o the_o other_o part_n of_o the_o store-house_n to_o give_v all_o to_o stranger_n and_o not_o to_o wife_n and_o child_n or_o the_o near_a in_o blood_n of_o the_o same_o family_n seem_v to_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o rule_n of_o saint_n paul_n if_o there_o be_v any_o that_o provide_v not_o for_o his_o own_o and_o namely_o for_o they_o of_o his_o household_n he_o deny_v the_o faith_n and_o be_v worse_a than_o a_o infidel_n 1._o tim._n 5.8_o abraham_n give_v all_o his_o good_n that_o he_o have_v to_o isaac_n to_o the_o son_n of_o his_o concubine_n he_o give_v gift_n gen._n 25.5.6_o in_o the_o family_n then_o there_o be_v respect_n to_o be_v have_v who_o be_v to_o have_v more_o who_o less_o and_o by_o the_o speech_n of_o old_a jacob_n to_o his_o elder_a son_n reuben_n it_o seem_v to_o be_v ground_v upon_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n that_o the_o elder_a son_n shall_v 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