Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	bodily_a	body_n	spiritual_a	4,262	5	6.4751	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17386	The cure of the feare of death Shewing the course Christians may take to bee deliuered from these feares about death, which are found in the hearts of the most. A treatise of singular use for all sorts. By Nicholas Bifeild, Preacher of Gods word at Isleworth in Middelsex.	Byfield, Nicholas, 1579-1622.	1618 (1618)	STC 4213; ESTC S116195	37,363	214

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