Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	die_v	flesh_n	live_v	7,051	5	6.1602	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13250	The diuine eccho, or resounding voice from heauen moralized betwixt a Christian and his soule, with short and effectuall directions how to liue and die well. Whereby the effects of vertue and the defects of vice, mercy with miserie, heauenly felicitie with worldly vanity, the ioyes of heauen with the torments of hell, are familiarly expressed. Diuided into prayers and meditations for the ease and benefit of euerie Christian. The first part by Iohn Swift.; Divine eccho, or resounding voice from heaven.	Swift, John, fl. 1612.	1612 (1612)	STC 23545; ESTC S103247	62,765	254

by_o jesus_n christ_n sect_n 77._o on_o drunkenness_n and_o the_o beastliness_n thereof_o many_o man_n think_v that_o all_o friendship_n consist_v in_o quaff_v and_o carouse_v but_o sure_o that_o be_v but_o drunken_a good_a fellowship_n very_o heathen_n can_v persuade_v we_o from_o it_o by_o tell_v we_o that_o every_o man_n will_v unload_v his_o secret_n in_o the_o bosom_n of_o a_o good_a man_n but_o no_o man_n will_v tell_v they_o to_o a_o drunken_a man_n wherefore_o a_o drunken_a man_n be_v not_o a_o good_a man_n 84._o senec._n epi._n 84._o and_o who_o know_v not_o this_o that_o the_o tongue_n of_o such_o a_o one_o be_v not_o in_o his_o own_o power_n we_o see_v that_o when_o new_a wine_n be_v put_v into_o any_o vessel_n whatsoever_o lie_v hide_v in_o the_o bottom_n work_v soon_o up_o unto_o the_o top_n and_o he_o who_o brain_n be_v oppress_v therewith_o do_v utter_v at_o his_o mouth_n whatsoever_o lie_v secret_a in_o the_o bottom_n of_o his_o heart_n he_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n 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