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	soul_n	7,525	5	4.8126	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62392	The faithful souldier's reward, or, A glimpse of the saints happiness discovered in two sermons, occasioned by the death of that truly vertuous and religious gentle woman, Mrs. Katherine Disney : the former preached at Kirkstead, the place of her last abode here upon the earth, on the 18th day of May, 1690, being the Lord's Day, and the latter at Swinderly, near Lincoln, where she was interr'd the Tuesday following / by William Scoffin.	Scoffin, William, 1655?-1732.	1692 (1692)	Wing S933; ESTC R11432	41,514	126

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say_v david_n my_o goodness_n extend_v not_o to_o thou_o so_o job_n 22.2_o can_v a_o man_n be_v profitable_a unto_o god_n as_o he_o that_o be_v wise_a may_v be_v profitable_a unto_o himself_o if_o thou_o be_v righteous_a what_o give_v thou_o he_o or_o what_o receive_v he_o of_o thy_o hand_n chap._n 35.7_o 8._o the_o more_o we_o abound_v in_o work_n of_o righteousness_n the_o better_a it_o will_v be_v for_o ourselves_o but_o no_o profit_n or_o advantage_n will_v accrue_v unto_o god_n by_o any_o thing_n that_o we_o can_v do_v and_o therefore_o we_o can_v merit_v nothing_o at_o his_o hand_n 3._o because_o it_o be_v god_n that_o work_v in_o we_o 18._o eph._n 2.10_o luk._n 19.16_o 18._o both_o to_o will_v and_o to_o do_v of_o his_o good_a pleasure_n phil._n 2.13_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n we_o be_v what_o we_o be_v as_o to_o any_o good_a that_o be_v in_o we_o and_o by_o his_o grace_n it_o be_v that_o we_o do_v what_o we_o do_v 3.5_o 2_o cor._n 3.5_o as_o to_o any_o good_a that_o be_v 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