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	true_a	9,981	5	5.4328	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47024	A brief vindication of the late farewell-sermon preached to the united parishes of St. Mary Woolnoth, and St. Mary Wool-church-Haw in Lombard-Street By David Jones, student of Christ-Church, Oxon.	Jones, David, 1663-1724?	1692 (1692)	Wing J934D; ESTC R216509	3,805	6

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