Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	holy_a	john_n	truth_n	7,355	5	5.9439	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25510	The Answer of the new converts of France to a pastoral letter from a Protestant minister done out of the French copy publish'd there with permission.		1686 (1686)	Wing A3297; ESTC R12752	6,346	20

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