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	kingdom_n	6,050	5	7.3681	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30159	Instruction for the ignorant being a salve to cure that great want of knowledg which so much reigns both in young and old / prepared and presented to them in a plain and easie dialogue, fitted to the capacity of the weakest, by John Bunyan.	Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.	1675 (1675)	Wing B5544; ESTC R36061	26,724	65

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and_o not_o to_o faint_v luk._n 10.1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6._o of_o self-denial_n q._n i_o be_o glad_a you_o have_v thus_o far_o grant_v my_o request_n but_o you_o tell_v i_o that_o there_o be_v another_o part_n of_o god_n worship_n pray_v repeat_v that_o again_o a._n it_o be_v self-denial_n q_o now_o i_o remember_v it_o well_o pray_v how_o do_v you_o prove_v that_o self-denial_n be_v call_v a_o part_n of_o god_n worship_n a._n it_o be_v say_v of_o abraham_n that_o when_o he_o go_v to_o offer_v up_o his_o son_n isaac_n upon_o the_o altar_n for_o