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	scripture_n	word_n	7,625	5	4.5069	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33227	Obedience to magistrates recommended in a discourse upon Titus 3:1 preached September the ninth, 1683 by J.C.	Clapham, Jonathan.	1683 (1683)	Wing C4408; ESTC R29609	14,403	39

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ordinance_n not_o to_o do_v so_o be_v to_o fight_v against_o god_n and_o such_o as_o resist_v shall_v bring_v damnation_n to_o themselves_o rom._n 13.2_o 2._o they_o be_v ordain_v of_o god_n for_o the_o common_a good_a of_o mankind_n and_o therefore_o we_o have_v great_a reason_n to_o obey_v they_o rom._n 13.4_o he_o be_v the_o minister_n of_o god_n unto_o thou_o for_o good_a speak_v of_o the_o supreme_a ruler_n or_o magistrate_n and_o bid_v we_o to_o obey_v he_o on_o this_o account_n there_o be_v a_o fourfold_a good_a that_o we_o receive_v by_o magistracy_n natural_a moral_a civil_a and_o spiritual_a 1._o natural_a good_n through_o government_n our_o very_a life_n be_v preserve_v in_o safety_n else_o homo_fw-la homini_fw-la lupus_fw-la one_o man_n will_v be_v a_o wolf_n and_o lion_n to_o another_o what_o violence_n murder_n and_o bloodshed_n will_v be_v commit_v among_o man_n 2._o moral_a good_n that_o vice_n and_o wickedness_n have_v any_o restraint_n and_o virtue_n and_o goodness_n 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