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	nature_n	8,877	5	5.8462	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61828	A sermon preached before the University of Oxford on St. Andrews-day by Tho. Stripling.	Stripling, Thomas, 1652?-1679.	1681 (1681)	Wing S5978A; ESTC R23726	14,699	38

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a_o sermon_n preach_v before_o the_o university_n of_o oxford_n on_o st._n andrews-day_n by_o tho._n stripling_n m._n a._n and_o chaplain_n of_o new-college_n london_n print_v by_o j._n grantham_n for_o edw._n gellibrand_n at_o the_o golden-ball_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n 1681._o 2_o tim_n ii_o 12._o if_o we_o suffer_v we_o shall_v also_o reign_v with_o he_o there_o never_o be_v any_o nation_n so_o barbarous_a or_o illiterate_a but_o still_o have_v some_o notion_n of_o a_o god_n and_o of_o that_o worship_n and_o adoration_n that_o ought_v to_o be_v pay_v unto_o he_o as_o the_o author_n and_o conserver_n of_o their_o being_n but_o such_o be_v the_o corruption_n of_o human_a nature_n such_o the_o perverseness_n of_o our_o will_n and_o affection_n that_o even_o the_o best_a of_o they_o have_v be_v always_o unwilling_a to_o obey_v his_o injunction_n when_o they_o go_v beyond_o what_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n dictate_v unto_o they_o to_o do_v as_o they_o will_v be_v do_v unto_o to_o 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