Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	know_v	scripture_n	truth_n	7,532	5	5.8743	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93147	White salt: or, A sober correction of a mad world, in some wel-wishes to goodness. / By John Sherman, B.D.	Sherman, John, d. 1663.	1654 (1654)	Wing S3387; Thomason E1517_1; ESTC R203564	80,830	261

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