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	holy_a	scripture_n	6,970	5	5.7262	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42042	Concio ad clerum, or, A visitation sermon preached at Great Wycomb within the diocess of Lincoln, May 13, 1673 by Francis Gregory ...	Gregory, Francis, 1625?-1707.	1673 (1673)	Wing G1887; ESTC R37406	16,889	24

concio_fw-la ad_fw-la clerum_fw-la or_o a_o visitation_n sermon_n preach_v at_o great_a wycomb_n within_o the_o diocese_n of_o lincoln_n may_v 13._o 1673._o by_o francis_n gregory_n d._n d._n rector_n of_o hambleton_n in_o the_o county_n of_o buck_n and_o one_o of_o his_o sacred_a majesty_n chaplain_n in_o ordinary_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nazianzen_n carm._n jamb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basil_n magn._n epist_n 181._o impuri_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la hominum_fw-la ludibria_fw-la mortalium_fw-la vilissimi_fw-la quisquiliae_fw-la &_o peripsemata_fw-la cornel._n à_fw-fr lap._n in_o mal._n c._n 2._o v._n 9_o london_n print_v by_o r._n n._n for_o richard_n royston_n bookseller_n to_o his_o most_o sacred_a majesty_n m_o dc_o lxxiii_o imprimatur_fw-la tho._n tomkyns_n r._n r_o mo_z in_o christo_fw-la patri_fw-la ac_fw-la domino_fw-la d_o no_o gilberto_n divinâ_fw-la providentiâ_fw-la archiepisc_a cant._n à_fw-la sacris_fw-la domesticis_fw-la exit_fw-la aed_n lambeth_n jun._n 21._o 1673._o 1_o tim_n iv._o 16._o take_v heed_n to_o thyself_o and_o to_o the_o doctrine_n the_o text_n contain_v a_o double_a caution_n the_o first_o be_v this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o as_o saint_n chrysostom_n vary_v the_o composition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d take_v heed_n to_o thyself_o that_o branch_n concern_v his_o person_n the_o second_o be_v this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d take_v heed_n to_o the_o doctrine_n that_o branch_n concern_v his_o ministry_n the_o former_a relate_v to_o his_o conversation_n the_o latter_a respect_n his_o function_n so_o that_o here_o be_v two_o thing_n which_o saint_n paul_n do_v commend_v to_o timothy_n who_o be_v his_o son_n and_o the_o same_o two_o thing_n will_v i_o commend_v to_o you_o who_o be_v my_o brethren_n what_o be_v saint_n paul_n command_n to_o timothy_n shall_v be_v my_o request_n to_o you_o and_o that_o first_o be_v this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d take_v heed_n to_o 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starve_v or_o which_o be_v almost_o as_o bad_a to_o beg_v or_o live_v on_o alm_n if_o there_o be_v any_o person_n in_o this_o assembly_n that_o do_v either_o raise_v or_o spread_v such_o false_a report_n against_o the_o minister_n of_o god_n let_v he_o consider_v what_o sin_n he_o commit_v and_o what_o danger_n he_o run_v and_o here_o i_o may_v as_o easy_o foretell_v you_o what_o such_o false_a accuser_n be_v like_a to_o suffer_v in_o the_o next_o world_n as_o to_o inform_v you_o what_o they_o have_v already_o suffer_v in_o this_o coelio_n i_o remember_v tully_n tell_v we_o aliud_fw-la est_fw-la maledicere_fw-la aliud_fw-la accusare_fw-la it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o reproach_n another_o thing_n to_o accuse_v accusatio_fw-la crimen_fw-la desiderat_fw-la so_o he_o and_o so_o thucydides_n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o accusation_n do_v suppose_v and_o require_v some_o crime_n but_o if_o there_o be_v none_o what_o then_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d officiorum_fw-la let_v the_o 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