Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	true_a	truth_n	word_n	7,456	5	4.2077	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88993	A sermon preached to the Honorable House of Commons, at their late solemne fast, Wednesday, Feb. 26. 1644. / By John Maynard, minister of the Word of God at Mayfield in Sussex, and a member of the Assembly of Divines.	Maynard, John, 1600-1665.	1645 (1645)	Wing M1452; Thomason E277_2; ESTC R200000	34,511	39

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such_o a_o poor_a and_o humble_a spirit_n as_o agur_n be_v 3_o sure_o i_o be_o more_o brutish_a than_o any_o man_n so_o the_o translation_n but_o as_o you_o see_v the_o word_n any_o be_v in_o a_o small_a character_n not_o be_v in_o the_o original_n neither_o do_v i_o think_v it_o ought_v to_o be_v supply_v but_o we_o be_v to_o read_v it_o thus_o i_o be_o more_o brutish_a than_o man_n 12_o according_a to_o that_o of_o the_o psalmist_n man_n be_v in_o honour_n abide_v not_o he_o be_v like_o the_o beast_n that_o perish_v man_n be_v honour_v with_o the_o image_n of_o god_n in_o wisdom_n and_o holiness_n his_o spirit_n shine_v with_o the_o beauty_n and_o glory_n of_o divine_a truth_n do_v not_o abide_v in_o this_o condition_n but_o lose_v the_o truth_n yield_v himself_o to_o be_v seduce_v by_o the_o father_n of_o lie_n and_o so_o no_o long_o have_v the_o wisdom_n of_o man_n in_o he_o but_o degrade_v himself_o from_o his_o create_a dignity_n debase_v himself_o to_o the_o rank_n of_o brute_n 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