Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	faith_n	gift_n	grace_n	6,936	5	5.6824	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91883	Liberty of conscience: or The sole means to obtaine peace and truth. Not onely reconciling His Majesty with His subjects, but all Christian states and princes to one another, with the freest passage for the gospel. Very seasonable and necessary in these distracted times, when most men are weary of war, and cannot finde the way to peace.	Robinson, Henry, 1605?-1664?; Walwyn, William, 1600-1681, attributed name.	1643 (1643)	Wing R1675; Thomason E39_1; ESTC R20544	74,273	74

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32._o mat._n 19_o 19_o luke_n 6._o 31._o and_o 22_o 32._o think_v they_o be_v no_o less_o bind_v than_o st._n peter_n when_o he_o be_v convert_v to_o convert_v his_o brethren_n and_o this_o be_v a_o doctrine_n and_o point_n of_o faith_n which_o all_o reform_a christian_n make_v profession_n of_o such_o of_o they_o as_o have_v be_v imprison_v fine_v banish_a or_o put_v to_o death_n for_o no_o other_o cause_n but_o what_o this_o point_n of_o their_o faith_n oblige_v they_o to_o can_v be_v say_v otherwise_o then_o to_o have_v be_v thus_o persecute_v mere_o for_o religion_n sake_n and_o there_o be_v this_o more_o of_o aggravation_n that_o for_o the_o most_o part_n these_o fierce_a and_o persecute_v christian_n esteem_v each_o other_o in_o a_o damnable_a condition_n so_o long_o as_o they_o perish_v and_o die_v therein_o and_o yet_o either_o of_o they_o be_v by_o the_o other_o condemn_v to_o death_n shall_v have_v his_o pardon_n if_o he_o become_v a_o convert_n which_o be_v a_o destroy_n 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