Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	body_n	soul_n	unite_v	6,137	5	9.8589	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26794	The great duty of resignation to the divine will in afflictions enforced from the example of our suffering Saviour / by William Bates ...	Bates, William, 1625-1699.	1684 (1684)	Wing B1111; ESTC R22116	57,272	226

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