Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	corruption_n	flesh_n	sow_v	5,273	5	10.3024	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00669	A sermon preached at St. Mary Spittle on Easter Tuesday 1613. By Roger Fenton D. in Diuinitie	Fenton, Roger, 1565-1616.	1616 (1616)	STC 10804; ESTC S115028	43,251	226

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