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	heart_n	life_n	6,559	5	4.3541	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88159	The banished mans suit for protection to His Excellency the Lord Generall Cromvvell, being the humble address of Lieutenant Colonel John Lilburn.	Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.	1653 (1653)	Wing L2085; Thomason 669.f.17[16]; ESTC R211530	1,494	1

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