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	holy_a	jesus_n	7,332	5	5.7358	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55688	The Present alteration in religion in France discours'd of in two letters : the one from a person of quality to an abbot, the other the abbot's answer thereunto : which may serve as an appendix to the Mistery of Jesuitisme.	Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662. Mystery of Jesuitisme.	1682 (1682)	Wing P3233; ESTC R25033	6,579	18

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