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	son_n	14,487	5	5.3429	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52859	Goodness proved to be the best protection from the arrests of all harmes in a sermon preached before the University, upon Innocents Day, in great St. Maries Church in Cambridge / by Robert Neville ...	Neville, Robert, 1640 or 1-1694.	1687 (1687)	Wing N520; ESTC R12406	12,552	33

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man_n the_o spiritual_a antipode_n to_o sin_n may_v in_o some_o sense_n be_v say_v to_o fall_v when_o they_o fall_v to_o repentance_n to_o mortification_n and_o other_o good_a duty_n and_o when_o they_o fall_v off_o from_o their_o sin_n but_o their_o fall_n be_v upward_o they_o fall_v towards_o heaven_n hell_n have_v no_o power_n over_o they_o for_o god_n have_v set_v his_o mark_n stamp_v the_o impress_n of_o his_o goodness_n upon_o they_o and_o that_o be_v their_o protection_n from_o all_o the_o arrest_n of_o satan_n that_o will_v keep_v they_o out_o of_o his_o dark_a infernal_a prison_n hell_n be_v only_o a_o place_n for_o wicked_a man_n it_o be_v their_o proper_a centre_n and_o the_o gravity_n and_o heaviness_n of_o their_o sin_n make_v they_o tend_v thither_o psalm_n 9.17_o the_o wicked_a shall_v be_v turn_v into_o hell_n and_o as_o the_o strong_a magic_n of_o nature_n pull_v and_o draw_v every_o thing_n continual_o to_o that_o place_n which_o be_v suitable_a to_o it_o and_o to_o 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