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	soul_n	34,804	5	5.7811	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57302	A general epistle to the people of God, in scorn called Quakres, in England, and elsewhere	Rigge, Ambrose, 1635?-1705.	1693 (1693)	Wing R1482; ESTC R219043	7,120	8

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