Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	blood_n	body_n	heart_n	5,603	5	5.0093	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28604	Medicina instaurata, or, A brief account of the true grounds and principles of the art of physick with the insufficiency of the vulgar way of preparing medicines, and the excellency of such as are made by chymical operation : whereto is added a short but plain discourse as a light to the true preparation of animal and vegetable arcana's : together with a discovery of the true subject of the philosophick mineral mercury ... as also some small light to the preparation of and use of the said mercury ... / by Edward Bolnest ... ; also an epistolary discourse upon the whole by the author of Medela medicinæ.	Bolnest, Edward.	1665 (1665)	Wing B3498; ESTC R33237	68,087	202

so_o noble_a a_o creature_n as_o except_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n there_o be_v nothing_o sublunary_a equal_a or_o comparable_a unto_o it_o and_o this_o those_o many_o excellent_a use_n it_o daily_o serve_v we_o for_o will_v if_o we_o consider_v they_o sufficient_o inform_v we_o of_o christ_n himself_o say_v there_o be_v none_o good_a but_o god_n yet_o of_o salt_n he_o say_v it_o be_v good_a salt_n be_v good_a etc._n etc._n if_o so_o excellent_a then_o and_o true_o good_a as_o it_o be_v gross_a and_o impure_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o dregs_n and_o impurity_n mix_v with_o it_o what_o may_v it_o be_v by_o a_o philosophical_a purification_n purgation_n and_o other_o convenient_a chemical_a preparation_n advance_v and_o exalt_v to_o i_o will_v not_o tell_v thou_o my_o utmost_a thought_n of_o it_o for_o so_o great_a mystery_n depend_v upon_o a_o true_a knowledge_n of_o salt_n and_o its_o purification_n and_o preparation_n as_o the_o vulgar_a will_v count_v fabulous_a and_o therefore_o as_o 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