Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	accept_v	action_n	actual_a	32	3	10.7355	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16330	Instructions for a right comforting afflicted consciences with speciall antidotes against some grievous temptations: delivered for the most part in the lecture at Kettering in North-hampton-shire: by Robert Bolton ...	Bolton, Robert, 1572-1631.	1631 (1631)	STC 3238; ESTC S106257	572,231	590

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he_o etc._n etc._n isa._n 1.24_o loc_n this_o aspiration_n argue_v a_o compassionate_a pang_n of_o grief_n speak_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n to_o proceed_v against_o his_o own_o people_n though_o they_o have_v provoke_v he_o as_o enemy_n how_o shall_v i_o give_v thou_o up_o ephr●im_n how_o shall_v i_o deliver_v thou_o israel_n how_o shall_v i_o make_v thou_o as_o admah_n how_o shall_v i_o set_v thou_o as_o zeb●im_v my_o heart_n be_v turn_v within_o i_o my_o repenting_n be_v kindle_v together_o hos._n 11.9_o when_o he_o come_v against_o sodom_n and_o gomorrah_n the_o most_o prodigious_o wicked_a people_n that_o ever_o the_o earth_n bear_v what_o a_o miracle_n of_o mercy_n be_v it_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v bring_v so_o low_a as_o to_o say_v i_o will_v not_o destroy_v it_o for_o ten_o sake_n gen._n 18.32_o so_o it_o be_v then_o that_o mercy_n flow_v natural_o and_o easy_o from_o god_n and_o he_o be_v most_o forward_o and_o free-hearted_a in_o grant_v pardon_n and_o receive_v 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