Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	action_n	design_n	great_a	176	3	2.1544	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20947	Heraclitus: or, Meditations vpon the misery of mankinde, and the vanitie of humane life with the inconstancie of worldly things; as also the wickednesse of this deceitfull age described. Faithfully translated out of the last edition written in French by that learned diuine, Monsieur Du Moulin By Abraham Darcie.; Héraclite; ou, De la vanité et misère de la vie humaine. English	Du Moulin, Pierre, 1568-1658.; Darcie, Abraham, fl. 1625.	1624 (1624)	STC 7326; ESTC S115746	58,947	176

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be_v good_a that_o we_o be_v here_o let_v we_o make_v ourselves_o here_o tabernacle_n happy_a be_v that_o man_n which_o have_v well_o know_v the_o vantiy_n of_o this_o world_n do_v retire_v towards_o god_n that_fw-mi he_o be_v in_o a_o sure_a haven_n a_o far_o off_o and_o that_o be_v under_o his_o shadow_n as_o under_o a_o sure_a cover_a place_n may_v contemplate_v the_o ruin_n of_o the_o wicked_a the_o instability_n of_o their_o design_n the_o folly_n of_o their_o hope_n and_o the_o effect_n of_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n thereupon_o the_o prophet_n david_n in_o psal_n 92._o say_v also_o o_o lord_n how_o glorious_a be_v thy_o work_n and_o thy_o thought_n be_v very_o deep_a a_o unwise_a man_n know_v it_o not_o and_o a_o fool_n do_v not_o understand_v this_o when_o the_o wicked_a grow_v as_o the_o grass_n and_o all_o the_o work_n of_o wickedness_n do_v flourish_v then_o they_o shall_v be_v destroy_v for_o ever_o it_o behove_v we_o here_o to_o note_v careful_o that_o this_o psalm_n 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