Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	baptism_n	ghost_n	holy_a	8,479	5	5.8461	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64264	To the people at and about Stafford a testimony for God and his truth and against deceit and deceivers, especially the hireling priests ... / by ... Thomas Taylor.	Taylor, Thomas, 1618-1682.	1679 (1679)	Wing T588; ESTC R17829	4,537	8

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