Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	church_n	holy_a	scripture_n	9,605	5	5.9958	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67825	A sermon exhorting to union in religion preach'd at Bow-Church, May 20th, and published at the desire of the auditory / by E. Young.	Young, Edward, 1641 or 2-1705.	1688 (1688)	Wing Y64; ESTC R39192	14,385	34

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