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	sin_n	soul_n	13,963	5	5.3517	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68828	The holie exercise of a true fast, described out of Gods word Seene and allowed.; Very godly and learned treatise, of the exercise of fastyng.	Wilkinson, William, d. 1613.; Cartwright, Thomas, 1535-1603, attributed name.	1580 (1580)	STC 24251.5; ESTC S120024	22,313	96

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