Selected quad for the lemma: opinion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
opinion_n	body_n	death_n	soul_n	2,773	5	5.8777	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25439	Animadversions on a late book entituled, The reasonableness of Christianity as delivered in the Scriptures		1697 (1697)	Wing A3191; ESTC R11192	66,692	112

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life_n or_o fear_v of_o death_n but_o what_o the_o punishment_n of_o his_o transgression_n be_v or_o more_o proper_o speak_v will_v have_v be_v have_v not_o the_o messiah_n be_v then_o promise_v to_o recover_v he_o from_o his_o lapse_v state_n and_o have_v not_o the_o merit_n of_o his_o future_a satisfaction_n be_v impute_v to_o he_o and_o all_o his_o posterity_n from_o his_o fall_n be_v not_o so_o clear_o discover_v by_o any_o part_n of_o that_o history_n the_o sentence_n denounce_v against_o he_o if_o he_o sin_v be_v only_o this_o in_o the_o day_n that_o thou_o eat_v thereof_o thou_o shall_v sure_o die_v 2.17_o gen._n 2.17_o now_o this_o indeed_o do_v threaten_v the_o punishment_n of_o death_n or_o mortality_n to_o the_o body_n and_o do_v not_o seem_v to_o imply_v any_o future_a expectation_n of_o eternal_a misery_n for_o he_o be_v from_o that_o time_n subject_a to_o a_o state_n of_o death_n and_o mortality_n and_o this_o be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o punishment_n which_o devolve_v on_o 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shall_v thou_o eat_v bread_n till_o thou_o return_v unto_o the_o ground_n for_o out_o of_o it_o waste_v thou_o take_v for_o dust_n thou_o be_v and_o to_o dust_n shall_v thou_o return_v which_o word_n will_v by_o no_o mean_n infer_v that_o conclusion_n which_o our_o author_n draw_v from_o they_o 7._o p._n 7._o viz._n that_o his_o life_n shall_v end_v in_o the_o dust_n out_o of_o which_o he_o be_v make_v and_o to_o which_o he_o shall_v return_v and_o then_o have_v no_o more_o life_n or_o sense_n than_o the_o dust_n have_v out_o of_o which_o he_o be_v take_v for_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a that_o the_o mortality_n of_o the_o soul_n shall_v be_v infer_v from_o hence_o nay_o the_o direct_o contrary_a seem_v necessary_o imply_v for_o the_o return_v unto_o the_o ground_n for_o dust_n thou_o be_v and_o to_o dust_n shall_v thou_o return_v can_v relate_v only_o to_o that_o part_n of_o man_n which_o be_v form_v out_o of_o the_o dust_n and_o therefore_o if_o the_o soul_n be_v of_o a_o different_a 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