Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	earth_n	heaven_n	lord_n	7,940	5	3.5508	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96707	Spicilegium, or, A glean of mixtling by John Winter, minister of East Dearham in Norfolke.	Winter, John, 1621?-1698?	1664 (1664)	Wing W3083B; ESTC R42990	32,830	47

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