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	person_n	trinity_n	8,176	5	10.0802	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39366	Reflections upon a pamphlet, entituled, John Elliot's Saving grace in all men proved to be no grace and his increased being in all a great nothing by Edmund Elys ...	Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707.	1695 (1695)	Wing E687; ESTC R41962	2,190	5

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