Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	apt_a	argument_n	good_a	25	3	2.1572	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53333	The blessedness of good men after death a sermon preach'd at the funeral of the Revd. Mr. Henry Cornish, B.D., who died on Sunday, Decemb. 18th, in the eighty ninth year of his age and was interred on Thursday, Decemb. 22d, 1698, in the Church of Bisiter, in the County of Oxford : with a preface to rectifie some misrepresentations &c. in a late pamphlet, entitled Some remarks on the life, death, and burial of the said Mr. Cornish / by John Ollyffe ...	Ollyffe, John, 1647-1717.	1699 (1699)	Wing O286; ESTC R7832	31,135	36

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serpent_n that_o have_v lose_v its_o sting_n and_o strength_n which_o howsoever_o it_o may_v hiss_v and_o show_v its_o rage_n and_o fury_n yet_o can_v hurt_v so_o that_o good_a man_n may_v triumph_v over_o it_o and_o over_o all_o thing_n else_o beside_o because_o neither_o death_n 8.38_o rom._n 8.38_o nor_o life_n nor_o angel_n nor_o principality_n nor_o power_n nor_o thing_n present_a nor_o thing_n to_o come_v nor_o height_n nor_o depth_n nor_o any_o other_o creature_n shall_v be_v able_a to_o separate_v they_o from_o the_o love_n of_o god_n which_o be_v in_o christ_n jesus_n our_o lord_n but_o in_o and_o over_o all_o these_o thing_n they_o be_v more_o than_o conqueror_n through_o he_o that_o love_v they_o death_n be_v now_o rather_o a_o friend_n to_o they_o the_o messenger_z of_o the_o great_a king_n to_o invite_v they_o to_o his_o supper_n which_o he_o have_v prepare_v for_o they_o the_o same_o comfort_n there_o be_v at_o the_o departure_n of_o other_o friend_n and_o relation_n that_o die_v in_o the_o lord_n for_o now_o they_o be_v pass_v from_o all_o their_o labour_n and_o trouble_n from_o all_o their_o fear_n and_o danger_n their_o pain_n and_o suffering_n whatsoever_o and_o be_v go_v but_o to_o take_v possession_n of_o the_o promise_a crown_n it_o be_v a_o loss_n to_o we_o indeed_o that_o they_o be_v go_v and_o self-love_n make_v we_o to_o mourn_v and_o complain_v at_o it_o but_o what_o do_v they_o lose_v in_o leave_v we_o or_o the_o world_n and_o the_o little_a accommodation_n of_o this_o life_n that_o be_v now_o enter_v upon_o the_o possession_n of_o the_o inheritance_n though_o we_o lose_v by_o they_o because_o they_o be_v go_v yet_o we_o ought_v not_o sure_o to_o grudge_v at_o their_o happiness_n second_o to_o exhort_v all_o to_o the_o faith_n and_o