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	grace_n	law_n	28	3	3.7694	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80200	Refreshing streams flowing from the fulnesse of Jesus Christ. In severall sermons, / by William Colvill sometime preacher at Edenburgh.	Colvill, William, d. 1675.	1654 (1654)	Wing C5431; Thomason E815_2; Thomason E815_3; ESTC R207356	165,987	210

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o laver_n be_v call_v illumination_n so_o that_o by_o illumination_n it_o may_v be_v say_v the_o apostle_n understand_v baptism_n and_o the_o doctrine_n thereof_o and_o by_o their_o taste_n that_o their_o heart_n and_o affection_n be_v for_o the_o time_n affect_v with_o the_o newness_n and_o pleasantness_n of_o the_o christian_a doctrine_n no_o doubt_n but_o man_n have_v no_o more_o than_o the_o common_a gift_n of_o a_o general_a illumination_n and_o a_o transient_a motion_n in_o the_o heart_n may_v fall_v away_o from_o their_o outward_a profession_n and_o from_o that_o inward_a general_a disposition_n towards_o christ_n and_o the_o christian_a faith_n 2._o ledge_n difference_n betwixt_o the_o unrenewed_a and_o renew_v man_n in_o 1._o know_v ledge_n consider_v there_o be_v a_o wide_a difference_n betwixt_o the_o illumination_n and_o taste_n of_o a_o renew_a man_n and_o the_o illumination_n and_o taste_n of_o the_o man_n unrenewed_a 1._o the_o unrenewed_a 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