Selected quad for the lemma: reason_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
reason_n	body_n	soul_n	union_n	2,456	5	9.5499	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16522	A sermon preached at Flitton in the countie of Bedford at the funerall of the Right Honourable Henrie Earle of Kent, the sixteenth of March 1614. By I.B. D.D.	Bowle, John, d. 1637.	1615 (1615)	STC 3435; ESTC S106815	24,390	50

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life_n death_n they_o desire_v but_o death_n by_o god_n permit_v the_o apostle_n in_o their_o fear_n lord_n save_v we_o we_o perish_v the_o thief_n in_o his_o pain_n upon_o the_o cross_n 23._o lord_n remember_v i_o when_o thou_o come_v into_o thy_o kingdom_n stephen_n 7._o under_o the_o stone_n lord_n jesu_n receive_v my_o spirit_n 9_o saul_n cast_v down_o from_o his_o horse_n but_o cast_v down_o low_o in_o his_o soul_n lord_n what_o will_v thou_o have_v i_o to_o do_v lord_n lord_n be_v the_o echo_n of_o misery_n be_v the_o suppliant_a for_o mercy_n saint_n 〈◊〉_d basil_n give_v the_o reason_n god_n create_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o inward_a man_n of_o the_o