Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	life_n	spiritual_a	union_n	3,965	5	9.9952	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50244	A sermon wherein is shewed that it is the duty and should be the care of believers on Christ to live in the constant exercise of grace by Mr. Nathanael Mather ...	Mather, Nathanael, 1631-1697.; Mather, Increase, 1639-1723. Doctrine of Divine Providence opened and applyed.	1684 (1684)	Wing M1266; ESTC R27641	13,097	32

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