Selected quad for the lemma: sense_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	faith_n	life_n	live_v	5,824	5	7.1409	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30061	A letter of a Protestant clergy-man to the reverend clergy of the Church of England, and to all other good Protestants advertising them from the sacred revelation of St. John of the evil which he apprehends to be coming upon the Protestant church, etc. / written by Digby Bull ...	Bull, Digby.	1695 (1695)	Wing B5412; ESTC R40767	54,096	68

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mystical_a way_n by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n be_v call_v sodom_n and_o egypt_n and_o within_o who_o jurisdiction_n and_o by_o who_o power_n our_o bless_a lord_n and_o saviour_n be_v crucify_v rome_n be_v the_o great_a metropolis_n of_o the_o popish_a church_n and_o by_o it_o we_o be_v to_o understand_v the_o whole_a romish_a church_n within_o which_o the_o dead_a body_n of_o these_o witness_n be_v to_o remain_v that_o be_v these_o witness_n themselves_o in_o a_o dead_a and_o forlorn_a condition_n be_v cast_v aside_o like_o dead_a man_n and_o have_v no_o more_o to_o do_v with_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o church_n or_o state_n than_o dead_a man_n and_o rome_n and_o the_o romish_a church_n for_o the_o great_a wickedness_n thereof_o be_v compare_v here_o to_o sodom_n which_o god_n destroy_v in_o a_o prodigious_a manner_n with_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n from_o heaven_n for_o the_o abominable_a sin_n and_o wickedness_n therefore_o as_o we_o may_v see_v gen._n 18._o and_o 19_o chapter_n 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