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	authority_n	moses_n	128	3	7.6579	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11380	The practice of policie in a Christian life taught from the Scriptures / written by I. Saltmarshe ...	Saltmarsh, John, d. 1647.	1639 (1639)	STC 21639; ESTC S964	73,178	331

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