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	grace_n	life_n	8,752	5	4.5674	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01988	A godly boke wherein is contayned certayne fruitefull, godlye, and necessarye rules, to bee exercised [et] put in practise by all Christes souldiers lyuynge in the campe of this worlde	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536. Enchiridion militis Christiani.; Artour, Thomas.; Gough, John, fl. 1561-1570.	1561 (1561)	STC 12132; ESTC S105777	97,714	292

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