Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	absolute_a	adorn_v	adversary_n	24	3	10.3241	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09977	Life eternall or, A treatise of the knowledge of the divine essence and attributes Delivered in XVIII. sermons. By the late faithfull and worthy minister of Iesus Christ, Iohn Preston, D. in Divinity, chaplaine in ordinary to his Majestie, master of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolns Inne.	Preston, John, 1587-1628.; Ball, Thomas, 1589 or 90-1659.; Goodwin, Thomas, 1600-1680.	1631 (1631)	STC 20231; ESTC S115069	220,964	434

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of_o god_n absolute_a part._n 1_o pag._n 121_o adorn_v the_o spirit_n of_o man_n how_o it_o shall_v be_v adorn_v part._n 2_o pag._n 15_o adorn_v of_o the_o spirit_n commend_v we_o to_o god_n part._n 2_o pag._n 18_o adversary_n the_o truth_n of_o the_o scripture_n prove_v by_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o adversary_n part._n 1_o pag._n 53_o advantage_n he_o that_o put_v himself_o from_o god_n work_n for_o his_o own_o advantage_n make_v himself_o his_o end_n part._n 1_o pag._n 149_o

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