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	way_n	5,888	5	5.0772	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50464	Krypteuchologia, or, A plain answer to this practical question, what course may a Christian take to have his heart quickned and enlarged in the duty of secret prayer? by Richard Mayo ...	Mayo, Richard, 1631?-1695.	1664 (1664)	Wing M1524; ESTC R9146	22,504	48

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