Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	believe_v	body_n	spirit_n	3,628	5	5.0359	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B14844	Six excellent treatises of life and death collected (and published in French) by Philip Mornay, sieur du Plessis ; and now (first) translated into English.	Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur du Plessis-Marly, 1549-1623.; Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage.; Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, d. 397.; Cicero, Marcus Tullius.; Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.	1607 (1607)	STC 18155; ESTC S94239	82,027	544

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even_o at_o this_o present_a in_o the_o midst_n of_o all_o affliction_n to_o be_v seat_v nevertheless_o in_o heavenly_a place_n have_v therefore_o my_o part_n in_o so_o many_o felicity_n why_o shall_v i_o grudge_v to_o suffer_v a_o little_a time_n by_o mean_n whereof_o thou_o mean_v to_o awake_v improove_v and_o draw_v i_o near_o to_o thou_o but_o see_v thou_o know_v i_o better_o than_o i_o know_v myself_o if_o thou_o please_v to_o make_v some_o trial_n of_o i_o grant_v i_o necessary_a power_n and_o patience_n to_o glorify_v thou_o convert_n all_o the_o evil_n which_o may_v occur_v unto_o i_o to_o my_o good_a and_o salvation_n and_o if_o in_o gracious_o support_v my_o debility_n thy_o benignity_n do_v vouchsafe_v to_o advertise_v i_o by_o some_o light_a affliction_n effect_n that_o this_o thy_o clemency_n may_v draw_v i_o more_o and_o more_o to_o love_n and_o honour_v thou_o to_o give_v thou_o thanks_o for_o the_o care_n thou_o have_v of_o thy_o poor_a humble_a servant_n and_o by_o 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