Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	bear_v	flesh_n	john_n	7,151	5	7.0455	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90864	Spiritual flovvers for saints and sinners. Gathered out of the garden of the sacred scriptures, and writings of men famous in their generations. / By Robert Port minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.	Port, Robert, b. 1617 or 18.	1655 (1655)	Wing P2981; Thomason E1548_2; ESTC R209461	39,839	195

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