Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	gospel_n	grace_n	law_n	6,499	5	5.2144	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02785	A discourse concerning the soule and spirit of man Wherein is described the essence and dignity thereof, the gifts and graces wherewith God hath endued it, and the estate thereof, aswell present as future. And thereunto is annexed in the end a bipartite instruction, or exhortation, concerning the duties of our thankfulnesse towards God. Written by Simon Harvvard.	Harward, Simon, fl. 1572-1614.	1604 (1604)	STC 12917; ESTC S116608	106,518	282

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therefore_o the_o soul_n of_o itself_o a_o person_n aquinas_n write_v upon_o that_o place_n 4._o aquinas_n in_o 2._o cor._n 4._o condemn_v a_o heresy_n of_o tertullian_n 157_o hic_fw-la tertulliani_n error_n damnatur_fw-la etiam_fw-la ab_fw-la augustino_n epist_n 157_o who_o teach_v that_o because_o s._n paul_n do_v call_v the_o soul_n a_o inward_a man_n therefore_o the_o soul_n no_o doubt_n have_v a_o bodily_a shape_n but_o he_o frame_v he_o this_o answer_n vnumquodque_fw-la dicitur_fw-la illud_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la principalius_fw-la any_o thing_n may_v bear_v the_o name_n of_o that_o which_o be_v most_o principal_a in_o he_o secundum_fw-la veritatem_fw-la &_o iudicium_fw-la principalius_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la est_fw-la mens_fw-la sed_fw-la secundum_fw-la apparentiam_fw-la principalius_fw-la est_fw-la corpus_fw-la exterius_fw-la cum_fw-la sensibus_fw-la suis_fw-la according_a to_o true_a judgement_n the_o principal_a part_n of_o man_n be_v the_o mind_n 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