Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	sin_n	soul_n	spiritual_a	8,699	5	7.0020	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44560	The spiritual bee, or, A miscellany of scriptural, historical, natural observations and occasional occurencyes applyed in divine meditations by an university pen	University pen.; Horsman, Nicholas, fl. 1689.; Howard, Luke, 1621-1699.; Penn, William, 1644-1718.	1662 (1662)	Wing H2872; ESTC R30341	60,423	277

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