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	truth_n	witness_n	5,380	5	7.9926	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32893	The Christian principle and peaceable conversation of the people (of God) called Quakers with respect to the King and government once more asserted / published by reason of some late reflections cast upon them, especially by The Observator dated the 22d July 1685 : with a brief testimony against all plots, conspiriacies and rebellion as being inconsistant with true Christianity.		1685 (1685)	Wing C3947; ESTC R28558	5,459	9

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