Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	abuse_n	abuse_v	good_a	35	3	3.0011	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66578	Nehushtan, or, A sober and peaceable discourse, concerning the abolishing of things abused to superstition and idolatry which may serve as one intire, and sufficient argument, to evince that the liturgy, ceremonies, and other things used at this day in the Church of England, ought neither to be imposed, nor retained, but utterly extirpated and laid aside : and to vindicate the non-conformists in their refusal to close with them.	Wilson, Joseph, d. 1678.	1668 (1668)	Wing W2927; ESTC R38669	118,485	216

caw_n drey_n and_o palmer_n sabb._n rediv_n part_n 1._o p._n 51._o notwithstanding_o the_o common_a opinion_n some_o judicious_a man_n think_v he_o put_v it_o and_o not_o in_o the_o ark_n but_o take_v it_o and_o break_v it_o in_o piece_n and_o call_v it_o nehushtan_n the_o syriack_n and_o arabic_a render_v the_o verb_n by_o our_o translation_n turn_v call_v in_o the_o plural_a form_n as_o if_o not_o moses_n but_o the_o israelite_n have_v call_v it_o nehushtan_n but_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o evident_o in_o the_o singular_a and_o therefore_o pagnine_a montanus_n and_o the_o stream_n of_o good_a interpreter_n render_v it_o by_o a_o word_n of_o that_o number_n 169._o see_v a_o lapid_n in_o num._n 21_o estin_n in_o 2_o reg._n 18_o 4._o rainolds_n de_fw-fr idol_n rom_n eccl._n l._n 1._o c._n 6._o sect._n 5._o p._n 244._o rivet_n vol._n 3._o cath._n orth._n p._n 169._o now_o this_o nebushtan_n be_v a_o diminutive_a from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v 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