Selected quad for the lemma: glory_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
glory_n	body_n	raise_v	weakness_n	3,023	5	10.8962	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60670	Life in death, or The living hope of a dying saint, handled in a sermon preached at the funeral of that eminently vertuous, and religious gentle-woman, Mris. Mary Morley, late wife to Colonel Harbert Morley, Esq; and daughter to Sr. John Trevor Knight. By Zachary Smith, minister of the Gospel, and pastor of the church at Glynde in Sussex, Sept. 18. 1656.	Smith, Zachary, b. 1604 or 5.	1656 (1656)	Wing S4351; ESTC R214782	29,879	40

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that_o i_o will_v not_o i_o do_v not_o and_o the_o good_a that_o i_o will_v i_o do_v 1._o by_o death_n they_o have_v full_a discharge_n from_o all_o possibility_n of_o offend_a god_n death_n be_v a_o loosen_a to_o the_o child_n of_o god_n here_o they_o be_v as_o it_o be_v tie_v to_o a_o stake_n to_o be_v bait_v by_o satan_n and_o his_o instrument_n death_n be_v the_o break_n of_o the_o chain_n and_o the_o soul_n escape_v as_o a_o bird_n out_o of_o the_o snare_n of_o the_o fowler_n as_o the_o fire_n burn_v the_o bond_n of_o the_o three_o child_n and_o so_o procure_v their_o liberty_n so_o death_n be_v a_o goal-delivery_n to_o the_o child_n of_o god_n that_o one_o happy_a pang_n which_o pull_v away_o the_o soul_n from_o the_o body_n do_v also_o pull_v away_o sin_n both_o from_o the_o soul_n and_o body_n etc._n greenham_n byfield_n hieron_n hildersham_n etc._n etc._n to_o this_o purpose_n many_o of_o our_o english_a divine_n have_v write_v excellent_o to_o comfort_v the_o survive_a friend_n of_o decease_a saint_n &_o to_o cure_v they_o of_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n so_o polan_n syntagm_n 342._o mors_fw-la electis_fw-la &_o credentibus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la pro_fw-la peccatis_fw-la satisfactio_fw-la sed_fw-la peccati_fw-la abolitio_fw-la &_o transitus_fw-la in_o vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la by_o death_n believer_n be_v free_v from_o all_o occasion_n of_o sin_n temptation_n to_o sin_n power_n and_o dominion_n of_o it_o yea_o from_o all_o dregs_o and_o remainder_n of_o sin_n this_o make_v the_o martyr_n so_o willing_a to_o endure_v any_o kind_n of_o death_n that_o tyranny_n can_v devise_v that_o they_o may_v be_v rid_v of_o their_o sinful_a band_n and_o this_o corruptible_a burden_n which_o press_v down_o the_o soul_n that_o look_v