Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	grace_n	holy_a	son_n	7,772	5	5.0812	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23680	An Abridgment of the prerogatives of St. Ann, mother of the mother of God with the approbation of the doctors at Paris, and thence done into English to accompany The contemplations on the life and glory of Holy Mary, and the defence of the same, with some pieces of a like nature : to which a preface is added concerning the original of the story.	Cross, John, 1630-1689. Contemplations on the life and glory of Holy Mary the mother of Jesus.; Clagett, William, 1646-1688.	1688 (1688)	Wing A108; ESTC R6614	31,825	46

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it_o be_v thus_o say_v st._n thomas_n 2a_fw-la 2ae_fw-la q._n 83._o that_o as_o charity_n make_v our_o prayer_n meritorious_a confidence_n make_v it_o impetratorious_a or_o effectual_a thus_o it_o be_v that_o those_o great_a courage_n who_o full_o confide_v in_o god_n glorify_v he_o more_o by_o the_o noble_a and_o high_a sentiment_n that_o they_o have_v of_o he_o than_o a_o million_o of_o narrow_a heart_n to_o who_o all_o seem_v lose_v as_o soon_o as_o they_o see_v any_o thing_n fail_v they_o and_o themselves_o leave_v by_o some_o one_o of_o these_o break_a reed_n the_o creature_n on_o which_o they_o rely_v thus_o it_o be_v that_o st._n basil_n in_o his_o 20_o orat._n de_fw-fr principatu_fw-la exalt_v confidence_n as_o much_o as_o sacrifice_n and_o say_v it_o be_v no_o more_o lawful_a to_o place_v it_o any_o where_o else_o than_o in_o god_n than_o to_o present_v the_o cult_a which_o the_o sacrifice_n contain_v to_o any_o other_o than_o he_o to_o this_o i_o add_v that_o as_o the_o 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