Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	believe_v	live_v	see_v	4,131	5	3.4899	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96143	The judgement set, and the bookes opened. Religion tried whether it be of God or of men. The Lord cometh to visit his own, for the time is come that judgement must begin at the house of God. To separate the sheep from the goats. and the precious from the vile. And to discover the blasphemy of those that say, they are apostles, teachers, alive, rich, Jewes, but are found lyars. Deceivers. Dead. Poore, blind, naked. The synagogue of Satan. In severall sermons at Alhallows Lumbard-street, by John Webster, a servant of Christ and his church.	Webster, John, 1610-1682.	1654 (1654)	Wing W1210; Thomason E805_13; ESTC R207390	257,953	337

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escape_v from_o the_o snare_n of_o the_o hunter_n have_v thou_o real_o see_v thyself_o lose_v undo_v make_v miserable_a have_v thou_o see_v that_o thy_o self_n be_v in_o captivity_n and_o that_o thou_o be_v deaf_a and_o dumb_a and_o blind_a and_o lame_a that_o thou_o be_v shut_v up_o in_o darkness_n and_o death_n and_o that_o there_o be_v none_o in_o heaven_n or_o earth_n able_a to_o help_v thou_o in_o the_o least_o but_o thou_o see_v thyself_o so_o miserable_a and_o hopeless_a that_o thou_o be_v at_o thy_o wit_n end_n and_o no_o help_n at_o all_o appear_v if_o this_o have_v not_o be_v thy_o condition_n though_o thou_o can_v speak_v never_o so_o excellent_o of_o the_o letter_n and_o the_o history_n and_o though_o thou_o submit_v to_o the_o high_a form_n and_o to_o the_o sober_a and_o most_o strict_a course_n of_o life_n be_v constant_a and_o austere_a in_o observe_v of_o thy_o rule_n for_o hear_v and_o read_v and_o set_v time_n of_o prayer_n and_o constant_a examine_v thyself_o to_o 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