Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	body_n	flesh_n	soul_n	20,045	5	5.6682	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37996	The eternal and intrinsick reasons of good and evil a sermon preach'd at the commencement at Cambridge, on Sunday the 2d day of July, 1699 / by John Edwards ...	Edwards, John, 1637-1716.	1699 (1699)	Wing E204; ESTC R15422	18,730	35

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