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	part_n	soul_n	20,019	5	5.7069	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51819	A sermon on the sincerity and integrity of the heart preach'd before Her Majesty, at White-Hall, February the 28th, 1693/4 / by T. Mannyngham ...	Manningham, Thomas, 1651?-1722.	1694 (1694)	Wing M500; ESTC R6583	9,885	33

dr._n mannyngham_n sermon_n preach_v before_o her_o majesty_n at_o whitehall_n february_n the_o 28_o 1693_o 4._o a_o sermon_n on_o the_o sincerity_n and_o integrity_n of_o the_o heart_n preach_v before_o her_o majesty_n at_o whitehall_n february_n the_o 28_o 1693_o 4._o by_o t._n mannyngham_n d.d._n chaplain_n in_o ordinary_a to_o their_o majesty_n and_o rector_n of_o st._n andrew-holborn_n publish_a by_o her_o majesty_n special_a command_n london_n print_v for_o s._n smith_n and_o b._n walford_n at_o the_o princes-arme_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n 1694._o psalm_n cxxxix_o 23.24_o search_v i_o o_o god_n and_o know_v my_o heart_n try_v i_o and_o know_v my_o thought_n and_o see_v if_o there_o be_v any_o wicked_a way_n in_o i_o and_o lead_v i_o in_o the_o way_n everlasting_a this_o psalm_n be_v suppose_v to_o have_v be_v make_v by_o david_n when_o he_o be_v under_o the_o persecution_n of_o saul_n when_o his_o enemy_n accuse_v he_o of_o wicked_a design_n against_o the_o government_n and_o lay_v many_o thing_n to_o his_o charge_n of_o which_o he_o know_v himself_o to_o be_v no_o way_n guilty_a this_o put_v he_o upon_o the_o justification_n of_o himself_o and_o the_o clear_n of_o his_o innocency_n betwixt_o god_n and_o his_o own_o soul_n which_o he_o perform_v in_o a_o very_a solemn_a and_o deliberate_a manner_n by_o appeal_n to_o the_o omniscience_n of_o god_n when_o he_o have_v with_o much_o exactness_n and_o a_o peculiar_a elegancy_n describe_v it_o in_o the_o former_a part_n of_o this_o psalm_n for_o here_o he_o acknowledge_v the_o spiritual_a nature_n of_o god_n whereby_o he_o be_v present_a to_o all_o the_o thought_n of_o our_o mind_n to_o all_o the_o desire_n of_o our_o heart_n to_o the_o most_o secret_a design_n and_o hide_a counsel_n of_o the_o soul_n that_o there_o be_v no_o get_v out_o of_o his_o presence_n no_o conceal_v any_o thing_n from_o his_o knowledge_n that_o there_o be_v no_o night_n no_o darkness_n with_o respect_n to_o he_o but_o that_o all_o 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