Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	apostle_n	faith_n	word_n	5,163	5	4.0959	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22663	Saint Austins, care for the dead, or his bouke intit'led De cura pro mortuis, translated for the vse of those who ether haue not his volumes, or haue not knowlige in the Latin tungue; De cura pro mortuis. English	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.	1636 (1636)	STC 918; ESTC S118839	23,389	68

neither_o know_v they_o all_o thing_n but_o those_o which_o the_o divine_a providence_n judge_v necessary_a to_o be_v revel_v unto_o they_o a_o divine_a scripture_n also_o testifyes_n that_o some_o of_o the_o deed_n be_v send_v to_o the_o live_n as_o contrary_o that_o paul_n be_v rapt_v from_o the_o live_n into_o pararadyse_n for_o the_o prophet_n samuel_n be_v decease_v predict_v future_a thing_n also_o to_o king_n saul_n alyve_a althou'some_a be_v of_o opinion_n it_o be_v not_o he_o who_o can_v be_v evocate_v by_o art_n magic_n but_o some_o ill_a spirit_n agreeable_a to_o such_o a_o ill_a action_n which_o represent_v his_o person_n since_o that_o the_o bouke_v of_o ecclesiasticus_fw-la which_o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o sirach_n be_v deliver_v to_o have_v write_v and_o be_v affirm_v to_o be●_n salomon_n for_o some_o similitude_n in_o the_o style_n contain_v in_o the_o commendation_n of_o the_o father_n that_o samuel_n even_o be_v ded_fw-we prophicy_v but_o if_o contradiction_n be_v 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