Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	call_v	grace_n	heart_n	5,478	5	4.7458	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92136	Joy of Angels. Delivered in a sermon before the Honourable Society of Grayes-Inne, on the last day of June, 1656. By Ja: Rutherford D.D.	Rutherford, James, D.D.	1658 (1658)	Wing R2372; Thomason E948_6; ESTC R207576	11,226	24

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