Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	appear_v	work_n	zion_n	20	3	8.6802	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50495	Two sticks made one, or, The excellency of unity being a sermon preached by the appointment of the Congregational and Presbyterian perswasion at their happy union on the sixth day of April, 1691, which was a day set apart by them, partly to bewail former divisions and partly as a thanksgiving to God for Their present agreement and now at their unamimous request made publick / by Matthew Mead ...	Mead, Matthew, 1630?-1699.	1691 (1691)	Wing M1562; ESTC R3764	27,269	42

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meek_a etc._n etc._n this_o day_n say_v he_o this_o scripture_n be_v fulfil_v in_o your_o ear_n the_o same_o i_o may_v say_v of_o this_o scripture_n now_o read_v to_o you_o god_n have_v in_o a_o great_a measure_n this_o day_n fulfil_v it_o among_o you_o a_o scripture_n which_o seem_v exact_o fit_v to_o this_o day_n design_n which_o be_v partly_o for_o humble_v in_o regard_n of_o former_a division_n and_o partly_o for_o rejoice_v with_o respect_n to_o the_o present_a union_n according_o you_o have_v in_o the_o text_n two_o stick_n 9.21_o isa_n 9.21_o the_o stick_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o ephraim_n and_o the_o stick_n of_o judah_n that_o be_v ephraim_n against_o judah_n and_o judah_n against_o ephraim_n this_o be_v matter_n of_o mourning_n but_o than_o you_o have_v these_o two_o stick_n make_v one_o in_o

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