Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	flesh_n	live_v	sin_n	6,197	5	5.0671	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96864	Divine poems being meditations upon several sermons, preached at Eckington in the county of Darbie / by Mr. S.G. And put into vers by William Wood of Eckington, Gent.	Wood, William.; S. G.	1655 (1655)	Wing W3414; Thomason E844_16; ESTC R210371	9,644	23

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