Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	heart_n	lord_n	word_n	16,070	5	4.2011	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43200	A seasonable vvord, or, A plain and tender-hearted epistle to all sincere hearts in Parliament, Army and countrey, who have any willing, though weak desires to glorifie their Heavenly Father in their holy conversations : wherein is briefly urged, that Gods doing calls for the saints duties, experience of divine love requiring Christians seriously to eye it, and in their hearts and lives to act in a suitableness to it by Thomas Hearne, a friend to the truth.	Hearne, Thomas.	1650 (1650)	Wing H1309A; ESTC R10367	8,963	14

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