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
A72210	The race celestiall, or, A direct path to heauen by Henry Greenvvood, maister of arts and preacher of the word of God.	Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5.	1609 (1609)	STC 12335.3; ESTC S5239	32,701	98

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