Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	adoption_n	cry_v	father_n	9,732	5	5.0154	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17412	Sermons upon the ten first verses of the third chapter of the first Epistle of S. Peter Being the last that were preached by the late faithfull and painfull minister of Gods word, Nicolas Byfield. Wherein method, sense, doctrine, and vse, is, with great varietie of matter, profitably handled; and sundry heads of divinitie largely discussed. Published since the authors death by William Gouge.	Byfield, Nicholas, 1579-1622.; Gouge, William, 1578-1653.	1626 (1626)	STC 4235; ESTC S107153	186,240	252

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i_o find_v so_o much_o hardness_n of_o heart_n and_o insensibleness_n and_o therefore_o i_o dare_v not_o pray_v sol._n david_n himself_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o many_o of_o his_o psalm_n express_v a_o kind_n of_o want_n of_o feeling_n and_o yet_o before_o he_o have_v do_v he_o be_v full_a of_o life_n beside_o hardness_n of_o heart_n feel_v and_o mourn_v for_o be_v no_o hindrance_n to_o the_o success_n of_o prayer_n and_o further_o for_o this_o reason_n thou_o have_v more_o need_n to_o pray_v for_o prayer_n be_v like_o a_o fire_n to_o melt_v the_o leaden_a heart_n of_o man_n ob._n i_o want_v word_n i_o know_v not_o what_o to_o say_v when_o i_o come_v to_o pray_v sol._n pray_v for_o that_o very_a thing_n that_o god_n that_o command_v thou_o to_o take_v unto_o thou_o word_n hos._n 14.2_o will_v himself_o give_v they_o to_o thou_o second_o the_o spirit_n help_v our_o infirmity_n when_o we_o know_v not_o what_o to_o pray_v as_o we_o ought_v rom._n 8.16_o three_o we_o serve_v such_o a_o god_n as_o will_v hear_v we_o if_o like_o little_a child_n we_o can_v but_o name_v the_o name_n of_o our_o heavenly_a father_n rom._n 8.15_o 2._o tim._n 2.19_o ob._n but_o i_o be_o afraid_a god_n will_v not_o regard_v what_o i_o say_v to_o he_o ans._n consider_v first_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n he_o love_v to_o hear_v prayer_n psal._n 95.1_o then_o think_v of_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n who_o in_o so_o many_o scripture_n do_v so_o peremptory_o enjoin_v we_o to_o pray_v to_o he_o and_o three_o think_v of_o the_o many_o promise_n he_o have_v make_v unto_o such_o as_o do_v call_v upon_o his_o name_n and_o then_o thou_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o