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	power_n	9,916	5	5.0704	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49128	The inspiration of the New Testament asserted and explain'd in answer to some modern writers / by C.G. La Mothe ...	La Mothe, Claude Grostête, sieur de, 1647-1713.	1694 (1694)	Wing L298; ESTC R5817	93,204	238

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