Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	aaron_n	age_n	old_a	23	3	5.4652	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96877	A relgious treatise upon Simeons song or, instructions advertising how to live holily, and dye happily. / Composed at first for the use of the truly pious Sir Robert Harley, knight of the honourable order of the Bath but since published by Timothy Woodroffe, B.D. Pastor to the church at Kingsland, in Herefordshire.	Woodroffe, Timothy, 1593 or 4-1677.; Rowe, John, 1626-1677.	1658 (1658)	Wing W3472A; Thomason E2119_1; ESTC R210138	91,617	274

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holy_a life_n 9.4_o john_n 9.4_o 7._o prov_n 27.1_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d heb_fw-mi 4.7_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o some_o c●itricks_n and_o that_o very_o judicious_o be_v etymologize_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thy_o day_n leu._n 19.6_o 7._o as_o repentance_n must_v be_v solid_a so_o it_o must_v be_v seasonable_a for_o night_n will_v else_o come_v upon_o thou_o and_o therefore_o say_v christ_n i_o must_v work_v while_o it_o be_v call_v to_o day_n cras_fw-la cras_fw-la be_v the_o voice_n of_o a_o crow_n and_o not_o of_o a_o christian_a lose_v not_o this_o day_n talk_v not_o of_o to_o morrow_n to_o repent_v in_o for_o solomon_n will_v tell_v thou_o thou_o know_v not_o what_o to_o morrow_n womb_n may_v bring_v forth_o to_o day_n then_o while_o it_o be_v call_v to_o day_n hear_v christ_n voyc_n bespeak_v presentaneous_a repentance_n manna_n must_v be_v gather_v in_o the_o morning_n the_o peace_n of_o offering_n be_v offer_v on_o the_o first_o &_o second_v day_n not_o the_o three_o there_o be_v four_o age_n of_o life_n childhood_n youth_n middle_a old_a age_n the_o first_o and_o last_o be_v more_o incapable_a but_o the_o other_o two_o be_v best_a to_o repent_v in_o trust_v not_o long_a life_n nor_o late_a repentance_n lest_o thou_o be_v like_a unto_o some_o courtier_n who_o usual_o do_v all_o too_o late_o rise_v too_o late_o dress_v too_o late_o dine_v too_o late_o sup_v too_o late_o and_o i_o fear_v common_o repent_v too_o late_o and_o die_v 〈◊〉_d job_n 20.11_o gen._n 4●_n 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o as_o job_n speak_v their_o bone_n be_v full_a of_o the_o sin_n of_o their_o youth_n and_o they_o must_v be_v necessitate_v to_o say_v few_o and_o evil_a have_v be_v the_o day_n of_o my_o life_n many_o flatter_v themselves_o and_o deceive_v other_o with_o perwig_n 1.28_o not_o much_o different_a from_o that_o of_o the_o poet_n scit_fw-la te_fw-la p●oserpina_n calvum_fw-la personam_fw-la capiti_fw-la detrahet_fw-la illa_fw-la 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