Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	eat_v	flesh_n	meat_n	7,845	5	9.0841	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15340	A glasse for gamesters and namelie for suche as delight in cards & dise: wherein thei maie see not onely the vanitie, but also the vilenesse of those plaies plainly discouered and ouerthrowen by the word of God. Written by T.W.	T. W. (Thomas Wilcox), 1549?-1608.	1581 (1581)	STC 25623; ESTC S103066	25,663	73

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and_o wicked_a game_n yet_o will_v i_o press_v they_o with_o a_o other_o place_n from_o which_o they_o shall_v never_o be_v able_a to_o shift_v themselves_o though_o they_o have_v the_o wiliness_n of_o all_o man_n live_v in_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n the_o apostle_n say_v thus_o it_o be_v good_a neither_o to_o eat_v flesh_n nor_o to_o drink_v wine_n nor_o to_o do_v any_o thing_n whereby_o thy_o brother_n stumble_v or_o be_v offend_v or_o make_v weak_a their_o distintion_n of_o idolatrous_a meat_n here_o will_v not_o serve_v the_o turn_n for_o the_o apostle_n speak_v not_o of_o any_o such_o thing_n but_o show_v that_o both_o the_o use_n of_o christian_a liberty_n and_o all_o the_o life_n of_o a_o christian_a man_n aught_o to_o be_v refer_v to_o this_o end_n that_o we_o shall_v build_v up_o one_o another_o by_o good_a work_n in_o so_o much_o that_o we_o shall_v hold_v that_o thing_n which_o of_o itself_o be_v pure_a and_o lawful_a in_o respect_n that_o it_o offend_v our_o 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