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	whole_a	13,673	5	5.8632	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85020	The infants advocate of circumcision on Jewish and baptisme on Christian children. By Thomas Fuller, B.D.	Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.	1653 (1653)	Wing F2447; Thomason E1431_1; ESTC R202071	87,089	272

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