Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	air_n	angel_n	angelical_a	30	3	10.6906	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14923	The soules progresse to the celestiall Canaan, or heavenly Jerusalem By way of godly meditation, and holy contemplation: accompanied with divers learned exhortations, and pithy perswasions, tending to Christianity and humanity. Divided into two parts. The first part treateth of the divine essence, quality and nature of God, and his holy attributs: and of the creation, fall, state, death, and misery of an unregenerated man, both in this life and in the world to come: put for the whole scope of the Old Testament. The second part is put for the summe and compendium of the Gospell, and treateth of the Incarnation, Nativity, words, works, and sufferings of Christ, and of the happinesse and blessednesse of a godly man in his state of renovation, being reconciled to God in Christ. Collected out of the Scriptures, and out of the writings of the ancient fathers of the primitive Church, and other orthodoxall divines: by John Welles, of Beccles in the County of Suffolk.	Welles, John, of Beccles.	1639 (1639)	STC 25231; ESTC S119607	276,075	406

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honour_n in_o the_o world_n that_o will_v give_v we_o the_o most_o sufficient_a and_o great_a reputation_n that_o can_v be_v for_o that_o in_o the_o least_o degree_n will_v exceed_v and_o out-glory_n all_o earthly_a honour_n in_o the_o high_a degree_n let_v we_o not_o care_n how_o base_a the_o world_n repute_n and_o esteem_v we_o nay_o though_o the_o world_n persecute_v we_o let_v we_o not_o faint_v nor_o fear_v for_o we_o know_v that_o our_o saviour_n kingdom_n be_v not_o of_o this_o world_n neither_o be_v the_o glory_n of_o his_o child_n of_o this_o world_n but_o in_o he_o that_o have_v beget_v we_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o his_o holy_a spirit_n be_v our_o glory_n and_o by_o he_o we_o be_v make_v honourable_a let_v we_o therefore_o despise_v the_o world_n and_o the_o vanity_n