Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	ghost_n	holy_a	lord_n	23,094	5	4.0162	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85258	An exhortation, by way of epistle to the friends of Christ, every where.	Field, John, 1652-1723.	1696 (1696)	Wing F863A; ESTC R177041	7,654	38

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