Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	wonderful_a	work_n	world_n	86	3	3.7584	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A71105	Generation-work, or, A brief and seasonable word offered to the view and consideration of the saints and people of God in this generation, relating to the work of the present age, or generation we live in wherein is shewed, I. What generation-work is, and how it differs from other works, II. That saints in the several generations they have lived in, have had the proper and peculiar works of their generations, III. That it is a thing of very great concernment for a saint to attend to and be industrious in, the work of his generation, IV. Wherein doth the work of the present generation lye, V. How each one in particular may find out that part or parcel of it, that is properly his work in his generation, VI. How generation-work may be so carried on, as that God may be served in the generation / by John Tillinghast ...	Tillinghast, John, 1604-1655.	1655 (1655)	Wing T1175; Wing T1177; Wing T1178; ESTC R17254	317,518	510

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the_o affair_n of_o people_n and_o nation_n and_o kindred_n and_o tongue_n and_o though_o they_o may_v own_v and_o favour_v the_o cause_n of_o christ_n yet_o will_v they_o not_o appear_v for_o it_o a_o step_n far_o than_o will_v stand_v with_o national_a interest_n the_o good_a of_o people_n and_o nation_n and_o kindred_n and_o tongue_n now_o such_o there_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o world_n in_o the_o time_n the_o witness_n lie_v dead_a who_o shall_v take_v notice_n of_o the_o witness_n slaughter_n and_o have_v a_o cast_v of_o their_o eye_n that_o way_n and_o by_o their_o power_n so_o far_o awe_v the_o beast_n as_o that_o he_o shall_v not_o satisfy_v his_o lust_n upon_o the_o witness_n second_o beside_o these_o we_o have_v another_o sort_n of_o people_n speak_v of_o who_o former_o be_v such_o as_o be_v torment_v by_o the_o witness_n in_o the_o time_n of_o their_o prophecy_n shall_v now_o upon_o their_o death_n be_v jovial_a make_v merry_a send_v gift_n one_o to_o another_o as_o hope_v they_o be_v now_o deliver_v from_o that_o danger_n they_o fear_v they_o shall_v sustain_v by_o these_o witness_n these_o be_v call_v the_o dweller_n on_o the_o earth_n ver_fw-la 10._o and_o they_o that_o dwell_v on_o the_o earth_n shall_v rejoice_v over_o they_o and_o make_v merry_a and_o shall_v send_v gift_n one_o to_o another_o because_o these_o two_o prophet_n torment_v they_o that_o dwell_v on_o the_o earth_n the_o phrase_n need_v no_o other_o interpretation_n than_o what_o we_o have_v chap._n 13.8_o and_o all_o that_o dwell_v upon_o the_o earth_n shall_v worship_v he_o i.e._n the_o beast_n ver._n 14._o and_o deceive_v they_o that_o dwell_v on_o the_o earth_n clear_o show_v that_o the_o dweller_n on_o the_o earth_n be_v the_o popish_a party_n such_o as_o worship_v the_o beast_n and_o be_v deceive_v by_o he_o these_o as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o see_v the_o witness_n lie_v dead_a the_o difference_n be_v the_o other_o see_v they_o with_o a_o eye_n of_o care_n and_o some_o kind_n of_o pity_n these_o with_o a_o eye_n of_o scorn_n and_o triumph_n hence_o it_o be_v say_v that_o at_o the_o witness_n rise_v great_a fear_n fall_v on_o they_o that_o see_v they_o vers_n 11._o which_o word_n relate_v to_o these_o latter_a sort_n of_o beholder_n who_o therefore_o vers_fw-la 12._o be_v call_v enemy_n these_o at_o the_o witness_n rise_v shall_v fear_v why_o because_o have_v be_v torment_v by_o they_o before_o they_o shall_v now_o expect_v the_o same_o again_o the_o demeanour_n and_o carriage_n of_o this_o latter_a sort_n of_o beholder_n set_v forth_o by_o their_o rejoice_v make_v merry_a send_v gift_n one_o to_o another_o etc._n etc._n have_v sometime_o make_v i_o conceive_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v within_o these_o three_o day_n and_o a_o half_a a_o great_a calm_a