Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	form_n	prayer_n	word_n	7,107	5	5.2255	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31179	The case of the Quakers relating to oaths stated wherein they are discovered, to oppose prophetical, to pervert evangelical, to falsifie ecclesiastical, and to contradict their own doctrine.	J. S.	1696 (1696)	Wing C1151; ESTC R3580	36,928	45

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de_fw-fr mend_v cap._n 15._o for_o the_o apostle_n himself_o do_v swear_v in_o his_o epistle_n and_o thereby_o demonstrate_v how_o that_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v where_o it_o be_v say_v swear_v not_o at_o all_o that_o these_o form_n of_o speech_n be_v sacred_a oath_n be_v manifest_a from_o genesis_n 31.50.53_o where_o laban_n and_o jacob_n be_v say_v to_o swear_v in_o these_o form_n of_o word_n so_o god_n be_v witness_v betwixt_o i_o and_o thou_o and_o the_o god_n of_o abram_n the_o god_n of_o nahor_n the_o god_n of_o their_o father_n judge_n betwixt_o we_o and_o jacob_n swear_v by_o the_o fear_n of_o his_o father_n isaac_n that_o be_v by_o god_n who_o his_o father_n worship_v and_o to_o spare_v the_o labour_n of_o make_v more_o quotation_n from_o the_o definition_n of_o a_o oath_n which_o in_o philo_n phrase_n de_fw-la legibus_fw-la particularibus_fw-la and_o in_o the_o common_a notion_n of_o mankind_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o call_n of_o god_n to_o witness_v to_o the_o 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