Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	world_n	worship_n	year_n	148	3	4.9942	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64346	A tender visitation of heavenly love, streaming from the fountain of endless life unto the tribulated flock of Christ (whom the world in derission calls Quakers) being several epistles given forth, by the one spirit of truth, through several of the servants of the living God, who are called among men Richard Farnsworth, John Whitehead, Thomas Greene.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.	1664 (1664)	Wing T680; ESTC R16615	13,111	22

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