Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	father_n	holy_a	jesus_n	13,652	5	5.8822	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54321	The astrologer anatomiz'd, or, The vanity of star-gazing art discovered by Benedictus Pererius ; and rendered into English by Percy Enderbie, Gent.; Adversus fallaces et superstitiosas artes. English	Pererius, Benedictus, 1535-1610.; Enderbie, Percy, d. 1670.	1661 (1661)	Wing P1465A; ESTC R40059	54,756	134

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evident_o impious_a assertion_n 19_o chap._n 2._o 7._o judiciary_n astrology_n arraign_v and_o convince_v by_o philosophy_n and_o the_o professor_n prove_v altogether_o ignorant_a of_o celestial_a thing_n 22_o 8._o against_o the_o fictitious_a antiquity_n which_o these_o man_n vain_o boast_v to_o have_v concern_v observation_n 27_o 9_o of_o the_o strange_a star_n which_o some_o year_n since_o appear_v 31_o 10._o what_o a_o difficult_a thing_n it_o be_v punctual_o to_o observe_v what_o force_n the_o aspect_n of_o the_o star_n have_v in_o every_o man_n nativity_n 33_o chap._n 3._o 11._o suppose_v astrologer_n to_o know_v the_o very_a depth_n and_o cognition_n of_o heavenly_a matter_n yet_o by_o eight_o reason_n it_o shall_v be_v make_v manifest_a that_o they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o tell_v future_a event_n 37_o 12._o beside_o celestial_a cause_n the_o knowledge_n of_o particular_a cause_n be_v most_o requisite_a to_o know_v their_o effect_n 38_o 13._o of_o the_o equal_a birth_n and_o unequal_a fortune_n and_o event_n of_o twin_n 40_o 14._o the_o equisite_a argumentation_n of_o bardesanes_n against_o astrologer_n 45_o 15._o whether_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o prognosticate_v what_o a_o good_a or_o a_o bad_a man_n shall_v do_v 53_o 16._o how_o vain_a a_o thing_n it_o be_v to_o believe_v that_o astrologer_n can_v tell_v any_o man_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v choose_v chief_a bishop_n or_o pontifex_n 57_o 17._o that_o the_o art_n and_o science_n of_o astrology_n be_v none_o or_o not_o considerable_a 59_o 18._o the_o vanity_n and_o falsity_n of_o astrological_a prediction_n 61_o 19_o error_n of_o astrologer_n in_o chronology_n 63_o 20._o astronomancy_n in_o all_o age_n have_v be_v explode_v and_o condemn_v by_o prudent_a and_o know_a man_n 68_o 21._o what_o sort_n of_o man_n delight_v in_o these_o astrological_a prediction_n who_o st._n ambrose_n compare_v to_o a_o spider_n web._n 72_o 22._o a_o argument_n against_o three_o fundamental_o of_o astrology_n judiciary_n 75_o 23._o whether_o the_o birth-star_n of_o any_o man_n can_v be_v the_o certain_a cause_n of_o thing_n which_o shall_v befall_v he_o 80_o 24._o whether_o the_o conception_n or_o nativity_n of_o man_n be_v more_o considerable_a to_o foretell_v fortune_n 82_o 25._o the_o vanity_n of_o astrologer_n in_o apply_v their_o art_n not_o only_o to_o man_n but_o also_o to_o wall_a town_n and_o city_n 84_o 26._o why_o astrological_a observation_n may_v not_o be_v as_o prevalent_a in_o herb_n and_o animal_n as_o in_o mankind_n 85_o 27._o concern_v the_o antiquity_n of_o astrology_n among_o the_o egyptian_n and_o chaldean_n 86_o chap._n 4._o 28._o whether_o or_o no_o if_o the_o star_n be_v not_o cause_n they_o may_v be_v certain_a sign_n of_o future_a event_n 89_o 29._o whether_o or_o no_o according_a to_o st._n augustine_n the_o star_n be_v sign_n of_o all_o humane_a affair_n 9_o 30._o of_o the_o nature_n and_o variety_n of_o sign_n 9_o 31._o whether_o comet_n or_o blaze_a star_n be_v sign_n o●_n 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