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	holy_a	soul_n	16,669	5	5.2335	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63826	A good day vvell improved, or Five sermons upon Acts 9. 31 Two of which were preached at Pauls, and ordered to be printed. To which is annexed a sermon on 2 Tim. 1. 13. Preached at St. Maries in Cambridge, on the Commencement Sabbath, June 30. 1650. By Anthony Tuckney D.D. and Master of St Johns College in Cambridge.	Tuckney, Anthony, 1599-1670.	1656 (1656)	Wing T3216A; ESTC R222406	116,693	318

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his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v bitter_a bitter_a very_o bitter_a double_a bitter_a as_o his_o redouble_a word_n express_v it_o but_o yet_o he_o can_v notwithstanding_o that_o taste_v so_o much_o sweetness_n of_o god_n love_n to_o his_o soul_n with_o it_o and_o in_o it_o that_o as_o in_o a_o double_a word_n he_o have_v express_v the_o double_a bitterness_n of_o that_o cup_n isa_n 31._o 16._o so_o in_o sense_n of_o that_o intermix_a sweetness_n he_o proportionable_o redouble_v his_o word_n of_o praise_n and_o thanksgiving_n the_o live_n the_o live_a shall_v praise_v thou_o as_o i_o do_v this_o day_n v._o 19_o take_v thou_o at_o thy_o worst_a yet_o as_o long_o as_o i_o hear_v thou_o complain_v i_o perceive_v that_o thou_o yet_o be_v alive_a &_o hezekiah_n conceive_v that_o to_o be_v mercy_n and_o therefore_o say_v thou_o likewise_o although_o i_o be_o very_o sick_a and_o poor_a and_o despise_v from_o without_o and_o wound_v within_o yet_o for_o all_o this_o i_o yet_o live_v 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