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	life_n	lord_n	6,459	5	3.7393	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60625	An epistle from the spirit of love and peace, unto all the upright Israelites, who are born of the seed that is blessed for evermore with some things opened concerning the two seeds : to be read amongst Friends, when in the fear of God they are met together in the same spirit, that thereby the whole body may be edified, and comforted, and all in one life, perfectly established for ever : this is only to goe amongst Friends, and not otherwise / W.S.	Smith, William, d. 1673.	1663 (1663)	Wing S4296; ESTC R16573	8,735	13

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