Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

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spirit_n	glory_n	image_n	lord_n	8,288	5	5.1695	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17728	Tvvo and tvventie lectures vpon the fiue first chapters of Ieremiah With prayers annexed, at the end of euery lecture: by Master Iohn Caluin. Which being faithfully collected form him as hee vttered them in Latine, in the schooles of Geneua, were afterwards translated into French: and now newly turned out of French, into English, with a table at the end, containing the summe and scope of euery lecture.; Praelectiones in librum Prophetiarum Jeremiae et Lamentationes. English. Selections	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Cotton, Clement.	1620 (1620)	STC 4466; ESTC S107291	242,452	346

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