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	word_n	work_n	9,170	5	5.6799	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15346	The summe of a sermon, preached at Sowthell the thirtith of March. 1596. By T.W.	T. W. (Thomas Wilcox), 1549?-1608.	1597 (1597)	STC 25630; ESTC S111705	37,554	76

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