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
A72538	The drumme of deuotion striking out an allarum to prayer, by signes in heauen, and prodigies on earth. Together with the perfume of prayer. In tvvo sermons, preached by William Leigh, Bachilor in Diuinitie, and pastor of Standish in Lancashire.	Leigh, William, 1550-1639.	1613 (1613)	STC 15423.7; ESTC S103218	38,386	111

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