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	soul_n	substance_n	8,320	5	8.4214	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64557	The Presbyterians unmask'd, or, Animadversions upon a nonconformist book, called The interest of England in the matter of religion	S. T. (Samuel Thomas), 1627-1693.	1676 (1676)	Wing T973; ESTC R2499	102,965	210

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matth._n 17._o 27._o pay_a tribute_n for_o himself_o and_o s._n peter_n mere_o lest_o he_o shall_v offend_v the_o exactor_n who_o ought_v not_o to_o have_v demand_v it_o of_o the_o child_n v._o 26._o that_o be_v all_o free_a but_o only_o of_o stranger_n i_o desire_v i_o say_v to_o know_v of_o they_o whether_o that_o precept_n and_o this_o practice_n do_v not_o oblige_v all_o english_a man_n that_o profess_v christianity_n to_o pay_v tax_n quiet_o and_o patient_o though_o levy_v by_o the_o king_n alone_o without_o law_n 3._o on_o this_o occasion_n i_o shall_v take_v leave_n to_o question_n whether_o these_o freeborn_a subject_n have_v indeed_o a_o true_a knowledge_n and_o sense_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o christian_a religion_n in_o other_o particular_n as_o well_o as_o this_o for_o if_o they_o have_v will_v not_o their_o practice_n have_v be_v more_o conformable_a to_o it_o if_o at_o least_o that_o axiom_n be_v true_a voluntas_fw-la necessario_fw-la sequitur_fw-la dictamen_fw-la 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