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	teach_v	6,372	5	6.6786	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41725	A discourse deliver'd in two sermons preached in the cathedral at Ely, in September 1684, not long after the death of the Right Reverend Father in God Peter Gunning, late Lord Bishop of Ely / by Humfrey Govver ...	Gower, Humphrey, 1638-1711.	1685 (1685)	Wing G1458; ESTC R18728	39,015	72

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though_o he_o himself_o teach_v with_o authority_n and_o speak_v as_o never_o man_n do_v 46._o john_n 7._o 46._o according_a to_o the_o frank_a confession_n of_o his_o most_o bloody_a enemy_n and_o all_o wonder_v at_o the_o gracious_a word_n which_o proceed_v out_o of_o his_o mouth_n 22._o luke_n 4._o 22._o yet_o will_v he_o not_o rely_v on_o that_o voice_n from_o heaven_n or_o his_o own_o divine_a rhetoric_n on_o earth_n for_o the_o success_n of_o his_o undertake_n without_o the_o assistance_n of_o a_o further_a testimony_n and_o demonstration_n of_o the_o excellency_n of_o his_o doctrine_n and_o that_o be_v his_o own_o example_n therefore_o he_o appeal_v and_o refer_v they_o to_o what_o he_o do_v as_o a_o confirmation_n of_o what_o he_o teach_v 29._o mat._n 11._o 29._o learn_v of_o i_o say_v he_o for_o i_o be_o meek_a and_o lowly_a of_o heart_n and_o when_o he_o have_v give_v they_o a_o manifest_a proof_n of_o that_o virtue_n stoop_v to_o so_o low_a and_o mean_a a_o office_n as_o 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