Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	believe_v	heart_n	word_n	5,244	5	4.1630	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A21042	A caueat for Archippus A sermon preached at a visitation at White-Chappel Church in London, Septemb. 23. 1618. By Ier. Dyke minister of Gods word at Epping in Essex.	Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639.	1619 (1619)	STC 7411; ESTC S100112	17,799	50

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