Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	word_n	worth_a	worthy_a	23	3	6.8501	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63572	Gods glory in mans happiness, with the freeness of his grace in electing us together with many Arminian objections answered / by Francis Taylor ...	Taylor, Francis, 1590-1656.; Taylor, Francis, 1590-1656. Gods choice and mans diligence.	1654 (1654)	Wing T279; ESTC R17346	100,184	248

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have_v not_o choose_v i_o say_v our_o ●viour_n but_o i_o have_v ●●sen_v you_o 86._o non_fw-fr vos_fw-fr i_o elegistis_fw-la inquit_fw-la sed_fw-la ego_fw-la vos_fw-la ●legi_fw-la quid_fw-la ergo_fw-la eramus_fw-la nisi_fw-la iniqui_fw-la et_fw-la perditi_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la jam_fw-la credideramus_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la ut_fw-la eligeret_fw-la nos_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la jam_fw-la credentes_fw-la elegit_fw-la electos_fw-la elegit_fw-la cur_n ergo_fw-la diceret_fw-la non_fw-la vos_fw-la i_o elegistis_fw-la nisi_fw-la quia_fw-la miscricordia_fw-la ejus_fw-la praevenit_fw-la n●s_o hic_fw-la certe_fw-la vacat_fw-la vana_fw-la illorum_fw-la ratiocinatio_fw-la qui_fw-la praescientiam_fw-la dei_fw-la defendunt_fw-la contra_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dei_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la dicunt_fw-la nos_fw-la electos_fw-la ante_fw-la mundi_fw-la constitutionem_fw-la quia_fw-la praescivit_fw-la nos_fw-la deas_fw-la futuros_fw-la bonos_fw-es non_fw-la se_fw-la ipsum_fw-la nos_fw-la facturum_fw-la 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