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	son_n	soul_n	7,964	5	5.0256	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39934	Grace and mercy to a sinner in a time of afflictions, or, The serious meditations of M. Tho. Ford of Rochester during the time of his imprisonment, before his execution, faithfully delivered from his own copie : together with his funeral sermon, preached by Mr. Wil. Sandbrook, P.M. Rochester / set forth for the strengthning of our faith in Jesus Christ ... ; published for the satisfaction of his friends ... by John Plasse.	Ford, Thomas, d. 1656.; Sandbrooke, William.; Plasse, John.	1657 (1657)	Wing F1513; ESTC R40949	26,591	84

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of_o god_n the_o father_n to_o apply_v this_o redemption_n unto_o we_o four_o cause_n of_o man_n misery_n join_v with_o four_o act_n of_o christ_n power_n man_n misery_n 1._o the_o ignorance_n of_o his_o own_o misery_n 2._o security_n and_o unsenceableness_n of_o it_o 3._o carnal_a confidence_n in_o their_o own_o duty_n 4._o presumption_n or_o rest_v upon_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n by_o a_o faith_n of_o their_o own_o forge_n christ_n act_n 1._o conviction_n of_o sin_n 2._o compunction_n for_o sin_n 3._o humiliation_n or_o self-abasement_n 4._o faith_n these_o be_v the_o work_n of_o christ_n on_o the_o soul_n 25_o there_o must_v be_v a_o actual_a deliverance_n in_o man_n 22_o wrought_v by_o the_o efficacy_n and_o power_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n as_o well_o as_o a_o purchase_a deliverance_n wrought_v by_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n therefore_o until_o we_o can_v find_v the_o former_a wrought_v in_o we_o we_o can_v lay_v no_o claim_n to_o the_o latter_a until_o we_o can_v see_v 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