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	lord_n	word_n	8,546	5	4.0602	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93925	The church, the proper subject of the new covenant. Delivered first in three sermons at Rochester Afterwards contracted into two, and delivered againe at Gravesend. Together with a covenant to walke with God. By Will: Sandbrooke, LL:B:Ox. and Minister of Margarets Rochester.	Sandbrooke, William, d. 1658.	1646 (1646)	Wing S571A; ESTC R229760	9,881	72

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