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	work_n	6,419	5	5.4658	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15334	A Christian and learned exposition vpon certaine verses of that eight chapter of the Epistle of that blessed Apostle Paule to the Romanes, and namely, vpon verse, 18.19.20.21.22.23. VVritten long agoe, by T.W. for a most deare friend of his in Christ, and now lately published in print, for the benefite and good of Gods people wheresoeuer.	T. W. (Thomas Wilcox), 1549?-1608.	1587 (1587)	STC 25620.5; ESTC S106381	90,228	156

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that_o they_o be_v not_o in_o deed_n and_o truth_n so_o much_o as_o a_o shadow_n of_o the_o good_a thing_n to_o come_v nay_o which_o be_v more_o man_n 6_o psalm_n 8.5_o 6_o the_o lord_n of_o all_o though_o the_o thought_n of_o his_o hart_n may_v be_v extend_v very_o far_o nay_o i_o will_v say_v more_o godly_a man_n though_o in_o the_o meditation_n of_o their_o mind_n they_o comprise_v great_a and_o excellent_a thing_n yet_o can_v they_o never_o attain_v in_o this_o life_n to_o the_o exquisiteness_n and_o excellency_n thereof_o god_n have_v reserve_v that_o rather_o for_o the_o day_n and_o time_n of_o a_o better_a state_n and_o condition_n and_o all_o these_o thing_n before_o recite_v be_v plain_o affirm_v and_o prove_v also_o even_o from_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o this_o eight_o chapter_n until_o