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	trinity_n	7,211	5	10.1332	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09386	A C[hristian] and [plain]e treatise of the manner and order of predestination and of the largenes of Gods grace. First written in Latine by that reuerend and faithfull seruant of God, Master William Perkins, late preacher of the word in Cambridge. And carefully translated into English by Francis Cacot, and Thomas Tuke.; De prædestinationis modo et ordine. English	Perkins, William, 1558-1602.; Cacot, Francis.; Tuke, Thomas, d. 1657.	1606 (1606)	STC 19683; ESTC S103581	116,285	285

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have_v also_o give_v remedy_n to_o he_o that_o sin_v lest_o he_o shall_v despair_v t●eodulus_fw-la presbyter_n he_o have_v say_v that_o both_o jew_n and_o gentile_n shall_v be_v 3._o comment_fw-fr in_o rom._n cap._n 3._o partaker_n of_o grace_n yet_o not_o all_o but_o those_o that_o believe_v and_o because_o grace_n be_v common_a to_o all_o not_o without_o cause_n second_o they_o speak_v of_o natural_a vocation_n 2._o answer_n 2._o or_o of_o the_o grace_n of_o nature_n consist_v in_o the_o relic_n of_o natural_a light_n and_o understanding_n in_o the_o common_a gift_n of_o virtue_n and_o outward_a blessing_n which_o be_v testimony_n of_o god_n providence_n and_o goodness_n the_o author_n of_o the_o call_n of_o the_o gentile_n 14._o lib._n 2._o c._n 14._o for_o this_o cause_n very_o the_o nation_n may_v be_v excuse_v which_o be_v aliens_n from_o the_o common_a wealth_n of_o israel_n void_a of_o hope_n and_o without_o god_n in_o this_o world_n have_v perish_v under_o the_o darkness_n 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