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

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70515	Of the incurable scepticism of the Church of Rome; De insanabili romanae Ecclesiae scepticismo. English	La Placette, Jean, 1629-1718.; Tenison, Thomas, 1636-1715.	1688 (1688)	Wing L429; Wing T705; ESTC R13815	157,482	172

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