Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	dead_a	life_n	trespass_n	5,011	5	10.5955	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02032	The light of the world A sermon preached at Botterwike in Holland, neere Boston, in Lincolnshire. By Thomas Granger, preacher of Gods word there.	Granger, Thomas, b. 1578.	1616 (1616)	STC 12179; ESTC S103386	23,817	39

be_v hide_v in_o darkness_n and_o invisible_a and_o therefore_o can_v nothing_o move_v without_o stumble_v and_o fall_v neither_o know_v whether_o to_o go_v joh._n 12._o 35._o and_o what_o can_v be_v 35._o look_v for_o but_o sudden_a death_n again_o without_o light_n we_o shall_v have_v no_o knowledge_n of_o any_o thing_n the_o firmament_n and_o element_n with_o all_o their_o creature_n shall_v be_v invisible_a to_o we_o there_o shall_v be_v nothing_o but_o blindness_n ignorance_n fear_n horror_n sorrow_n despair_n we_o shall_v be_v far_o worse_o than_o the_o prisoner_n that_o lie_v in_o the_o bottom_n of_o a_o nast_a dungeon_n yea_o if_o the_o light_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v not_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v a_o very_a picture_n and_o resemblance_n of_o hell_n a_o confusion_n of_o beast_n fowl_n and_o man_n every_o one_o tread_v other_o under_o foot_n yea_o all_o thing_n shall_v be_v mingle_v together_o into_o one_o chaos_n or_o mass_n there_o shall_v be_v nothing_o but_o hunger_n 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