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	zeal_n	zealous_a	68	3	9.3373	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97215	Spiritual thrift. Or, Meditations wherein humble Christians (as in a mirrour) may view the verity of their saving graces, and may see how to make a spirituall improvement of all opportunities and advantages of a pious proficiencie (or a holy growth) in grace and goodnesse. And wherein is layd open many errours incident to these declining times, / by Elizabeth Warren, a lover of truth and peace. Imprimatur, James Cranford.	Warren, Elizabeth, of Woodbridge.	1647 (1647)	Wing W960; Thomason E373_7; ESTC R201328	87,311	89

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repletur_fw-la multis_fw-la miseriis_fw-la esay_n 58.7_o oportet_fw-la ut_fw-la sciamus_fw-la nostra_fw-la abundantia_fw-la sublevandamesse_n frat●um_fw-la mopiam_fw-la cal._n in_o joh._n we_o can_v enumerate_v the_o various_a calamity_n which_o be_v daily_o incident_a to_o our_o frail_a condition_n as_o sickness_n poverty_n imprisonment_n banishment_n desertion_n dejection_n and_o mental_a terror_n here_o precept_n of_o charity_n have_v their_o proper_a object_n to_o reflect_v upon_o in_o their_o fit_a opportunity_n of_o feed_v the_o hungry_a clothing_n the_o naked_a visit_v the_o sick_a and_o harbour_v the_o stranger_n and_o never_o have_v we_o more_o cause_n to_o excite_v our_o dull_a deprave_a heart_n unto_o duty_n than_o now_o when_o our_o poor_a afflict_a brethren_n have_v endure_v such_o misery_n by_o a_o savage_a civil_a war_n how_o shall_v we_o even_o collect_v all_o occasion_n to_o appear_v in_o the_o posture_n of_o pity_n and_o charity_n by_o gather_v up_o the_o fragment_n 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