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	holy_a	water_n	8,407	5	6.8246	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85262	The scorner rebuked, or, A reply to an atheistical libeller.	Field, John, 1652-1723.; Batt, Jasper, d. 1702.	1693 (1693)	Wing F864D; ESTC R177046	11,657	24

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