Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	aaron_n	ambassador_n	call_v	29	3	5.9106	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61265	A sermon preached before the King at White-Hal, Septem. the 26th, 1675 by John Standish ...	Standish, John, d. 1686.	1676 (1676)	Wing S5215; ESTC R13595	12,157	34

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