Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	call_v	earth_n	sea_n	3,957	5	6.9260	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47422	Mr. Blount's oracles of reason examined and answered in nine sections in which his many heterodox opinions are refuted, the Holy Scriptures and revealed religion are asserted against deism & atheism / by Josiah King ...	King, Josiah.	1698 (1698)	Wing K512A; ESTC R32870	107,981	256

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too_o mild_a as_o i_o will_v exemplify_v in_o some_o particular_n cicero_n in_o his_o oration_n pro_fw-la cluentio_n speak_v of_o the_o death_n of_o a_o certain_a person_n say_v quid_fw-la mali_fw-la mors_fw-la illi_fw-la attulerit_fw-la nisiforte_n ineptiis_fw-la ac_fw-la fabulis_fw-la ducimur_fw-la ut_fw-la existimemus_fw-la illum_fw-la apud_fw-la inferos_fw-la impiorum_fw-la supplicia_fw-la sufferre_fw-la what_o evil_a do_v death_n bring_v to_o he_o certain_o none_o at_o all_o unless_o we_o give_v credit_n to_o such_o fable_n and_o foolery_n as_o we_o be_v tell_v befall_z impious_a person_n in_o another_o world_n and_o in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o his_o tusculane_n question_n quae_fw-la anus_fw-la tam_fw-la delira_fw-la quae_fw-la timea_fw-la ista_fw-la aehcrontia_n templa_fw-la alta_fw-la or●i_fw-la pallida_fw-la leti_fw-la obnubila_fw-la obsira_fw-la ●eneb●is_fw-la loca_fw-la non_fw-la pudet_fw-la philosophum_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la gloriari_fw-la quod_fw-la haec_fw-la non_fw-la 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many_o more_o testimony_n together_o with_o that_o large_a quotation_n of_o pliny_n with_o which_o our_o author_n fill_v two_o whole_a page_n and_o more_o but_o these_o may_v suffice_v to_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o we_o can_v have_v no_o certainty_n of_o a_o future_a state_n but_o from_o the_o scripture_n and_o that_o natural_a religion_n mr._n blount_n diana_n can_v give_v no_o satisfaction_n in_o this_o point_n controvert_v as_o he_o say_v by_o man_n of_o the_o great_a learning_n and_o part_n it_o will_v be_v now_o worth_a know_v what_o be_v the_o expectation_n of_o a_o deist_n with_o relation_n to_o this_o future_a state_n to_o which_o mr._n blount_n reply_v pag._n 91._o that_o there_o be_v a_o probability_n of_o such_o a_o deist_n salvation_n before_o the_o credulous_a and_o ill_a live_a papist_n which_o in_o truth_n be_v no_o more_o than_o this_o the_o deist_n have_v more_o probability_n of_o his_o salvation_n than_o he_o that_o have_v none_o at_o all_o especial_o if_o he_o be_v in_o earnest_n when_o he_o write_v pag._n 92._o that_o the_o popish_a religion_n stand_v on_o the_o same_o foundation_n with_o heathen_a idolatry_n i_o say_v if_o he_o be_v in_o earnest_n for_o in_o his_o note_n