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	holy_a	john_n	6,642	5	6.1656	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61420	Asceticks, or, The heroick piety & virtue of the ancient Christian anchorets and coenobites. Part I exemplary asceticks.	Stephens, Edward, d. 1706.	1696 (1696)	Wing S5420; ESTC R34602	71,275	162

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and_o therefore_o order_v the_o rite_n and_o circumstance_n of_o their_o consecration_n and_o observation_n as_o be_v say_v before_o and_o on_o the_o contrary_a the_o calamity_n of_o nazarites_n be_v reckon_v as_o a_o part_n of_o the_o punishment_n of_o the_o people_n by_o jeremiah_n the_o prophet_n lam._n 4.7_o but_o it_o be_v reckon_v by_o god_n among_o his_o divine_a favour_n to_o that_o people_n that_o he_o raise_v up_o nazarite_n among_o they_o and_o reckon_v with_o his_o bring_v they_o up_o from_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n and_o raise_v they_o prophet_n among_o they_o amos_n 2.10_o 11._o i_o raise_v up_o of_o your_o son_n for_o prophet_n and_o of_o your_o young_a man_n for_o nazarites_n though_o they_o may_v free_o offer_v themselves_o yet_o it_o be_v god_n that_o do_v secret_o inspire_v and_o incline_v their_o wi_n and_o therefore_o these_o be_v holy_a as_o origen_n have_v well_o observe_v hom._n 11._o in_o levit._n if_o any_o one_o devote_v himself_o to_o god_n if_o any_o one_o 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2.22_o that_o the_o woman_n who_o they_o abuse_v be_v such_o as_o these_o who_o assemble_v at_o the_o door_n of_o the_o tabarnacle_n as_o learned_a critic_n inform_v we_o and_o put_v all_o these_o notice_n together_o it_o seem_v that_o such_o religious_a devout_a woman_n there_o be_v among_o the_o jew_n at_o least_o from_o the_o time_n of_o their_o first_o abode_n in_o the_o wilderness_n while_o they_o have_v the_o temple_n stand_v among_o they_o and_o if_o so_o why_o not_o long_o before_o even_o while_o in_o egypt_n have_v they_o not_o receive_v religious_a instruction_n from_o their_o ancestor_n or_o do_v they_o retain_v none_o of_o they_o or_o do_v they_o see_v nothing_o of_o religion_n practise_v among_o the_o egyptian_n and_o have_v they_o not_o the_o same_o natural_a propensation_n to_o religion_n which_o be_v common_a to_o all_o man_n we_o see_v how_o ready_a and_o expert_a all_o the_o woman_n be_v at_o the_o red-sea_n exod._n 15.1_o 20._o with_o miriam_n a_o prophetess_n to_o 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