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	son_n	witness_n	5,359	5	7.9501	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49870	The laws of paradise, given forth by wisdom to a translated spirit.	Lead, Jane, 1623-1704.	1695 (1695)	Wing L786; ESTC R222655	24,432	80

therefore_o take_v good_a heed_n thou_o do_v it_o not_o mistrust_v or_o deny_v for_o herein_o be_v the_o transgression_n of_o that_o choose_a generation_n who_o jehovah_n by_o his_o wonder-working_a deed_n will_v have_v convince_v and_o make_v to_o understand_v that_o no_o other_o fountain_n blessing_n they_o shall_v ever_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o have_v give_v so_o many_o proof_n of_o his_o all-sufficiency_n bring_v they_o even_o through_o the_o deep_a red_a sea_n that_o so_o they_o may_v have_v no_o cause_n to_o question_n but_o that_o the_o same_o almightiness_n will_v still_o be_v their_o subsistence_n in_o all_o place_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o which_o the_o barren_a wilderness_n shall_v have_v be_v as_o a_o fruitful_a lebanon_n have_v they_o not_o revolt_v god_n intend_v no_o less_o than_o miraculous_o to_o feed_v and_o clothe_v they_o but_o the_o inundation_n of_o sense_n overwhelm_v they_o with_o such_o diffidence_n as_o turn_v that_o which_o will_v have_v be_v a_o paradise_n 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