Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	bless_a	jesus_n	lord_n	6,161	5	3.6174	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75278	The last speech and confession of Edward Altham, who was executed at Tyburn, on Friday the twentieth of ... July, 1688 ...	Altham, Edward, d. 1688.	1688 (1688)	Wing A2930; ESTC R222236	2,098	4

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