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
A59669	The sincere convert discovering the paucity of true beleevers and the great difficulty of saving conversion by Tho. Shepheard ....	Shepard, Thomas, 1605-1649.; Greenhill, William, 1591-1671.	1641 (1641)	Wing S3118; ESTC R9618	105,576	306

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