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	person_n	son_n	33,804	5	6.4746	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29274	A sermon preached before the King at White-Hall, January XXX, 1675/6 by Henry Bagshaw ...	Bagshaw, Henry, 1632-1709.	1676 (1676)	Wing B432; ESTC R22956	15,000	36

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