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
A79552	Saint Chrysostome his Parænesis, or Admonition wherein hee recalls Theodorus the fallen. Or generally an exhortation for desperate sinners. / Translated by the Lord Viscount Grandison prisoner in the Tower.; Parænesis. English	John Chrysostum, Saint, d. 407.; Grandison, William Villiers, Viscount, 1614-1643.	1654 (1654)	Wing C3980; Thomason E1531_2; ESTC R208923	51,851	141

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pleasure_n and_o delight_n the_o great_a profit_n unvaluable_a which_o will_v then_o be_v we_o in_o eternal_a possession_n when_o we_o be_v receive_v into_o the_o number_n of_o the_o saint_n glorify_v for_o ever_o when_o the_o immortal_a soul_n shall_v be_v invest_v with_o her_o own_o glory_n and_o ease_v of_o all_o her_o yoke_n in_o happy_a freedom_n enjoy_v the_o pleasure_n to_o behold_v her_o lord_n it_o can_v it_o can_v i_o say_v be_v express_v how_o great_a the_o ecstasy_n of_o her_o joy_n must_v be_v when_o she_o shall_v not_o only_o be_v ravish_v with_o contentment_n of_o her_o glorious_a condition_n for_o the_o present_a but_o rest_v likewise_o secure_v of_o their_o eternity_n that_o without_o lessen_v or_o decay_n but_o rather_o with_o increase_n they_o shall_v endure_v for_o ever_o nor_o be_v this_o