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	let_v	soul_n	7,333	5	5.2669	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59899	A vindication of both parts of the Preservative against popery in an answer to the cavils of Lewis Sabran, Jesuit / by William Sherlock ...	Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.	1688 (1688)	Wing S3370; ESTC R21011	87,156	120

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he_o himself_o say_v this_o but_o suppose_v they_o neither_o feel_v nor_o own_v it_o may_v it_o not_o be_v as_o intolerable_a as_o the_o jewish_a law_n do_v the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n who_o be_v so_o fond_a of_o the_o rite_n of_o moses_n own_o it_o to_o be_v a_o heavy_a yoke_n and_o yet_o do_v not_o st._n peter_n say_v it_o be_v so_o superstition_n will_v bear_v very_o heavy_a yoke_n of_o external_a rite_n and_o ceremony_n without_o complain_v to_o be_v deliver_v from_o what_o they_o think_v a_o more_o terrible_a yoke_n of_o mortify_v and_o subdue_a sin_n but_o yet_o they_o be_v very_o unsupportable_a yoke_n still_o to_o ingenuous_a and_o virtuous_a mind_n hence_o i_o proceed_v to_o a_o more_o particular_a consideration_n of_o their_o worship_n 1._o that_o most_o of_o their_o external_a rite_n be_v profess_o intend_v as_o expiation_n and_o satisfaction_n for_o sin_n this_o he_o dare_v not_o deny_v and_o therefore_o all_o their_o expiatory_a rite_n be_v no_o part_n of_o christian_a 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