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	jesus_n	lord_n	17,123	5	3.7490	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41071	Two general epistles to the flock of God, where-ever they are dispersed on the face of the earth ... to bear testimony for the Lord God against the deceit and deceivableness which the worships of the world have lain in, in the dark night of apostasy : also, pure consolation and comfort proclaimed from the spirit of life to the faithful followers of the Lamb ... with an admonition unto all who are not wholly redeemed out of the earth / written by M.F. and J.P.	Fox, Margaret Askew Fell, 1614-1702.; Parke, James, 1636-1696.	1664 (1664)	Wing F641; ESTC R35673	8,458	14

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