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A28660
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A relation of the fearful estate of Francis Spira, in the year 1548 compiled by Natth. Bacon, Esq.
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Bacon, Nathaniel, 1593-1660.
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1649
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Wing B357; ESTC R9731
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of_o small_a esteem_n with_o thou_o will_v thou_o bring_v thy_o friend_n also_o into_o danger_n thou_o have_v beget_v child_n will_v thou_o now_o cut_v their_o throat_n and_o inhuman_o butcher_v they_o which_o may_v in_o time_n bring_v honour_n to_o their_o country_n glory_n to_o god_n help_v and_o furtherance_n to_o his_o church_n go_v to_o the_o legate_n weak_a man_n free_o confess_v thy_o fault_n and_o help_v all_o these_o misery_n thus_o do_v the_o care_n of_o this_o world_n and_o the_o deceitfulness_n of_o riches_n choke_v the_o good_a seed_n that_o be_v former_o sow_v so_o as_o fear_v he_o faint_v and_o yield_v unto_o the_o allurement_n of_o this_o present_a world_n and_o be_v thus_o blind_v he_o go_v to_o the_o legate_n at_o venice_n and_o salute_v he_o with_o this_o news_n have_v for_o these_o divers_a year_n entertain_v a_o opinion_n concerning_o some_o article_n of_o faith_n contrary_a to_o the_o orthodox_a and_o receive_v judgement_n of_o the_o church_n and_o utter_v many_o 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rack_v he_o and_o therefore_o he_o desire_v of_o they_o advice_n in_o this_o so_o doubtful_a a_o case_n his_o friend_n upon_o small_a deliberation_n answer_v that_o it_o be_v requisite_a he_o shall_v take_v heed_n that_o he_o do_v not_o in_o any_o wise_a betray_v his_o wife_n and_o child_n and_o all_o his_o friend_n into_o danger_n see_v that_o by_o so_o small_a a_o matter_n as_o the_o recite_n of_o a_o little_a schedule_n which_o may_v be_v do_v in_o less_o space_n then_o half_a a_o hour_n he_o may_v both_o free_v himself_o from_o present_a danger_n and_o preserve_v many_o that_o depend_v upon_o he_o add_v moreover_o that_o he_o can_v get_v no_o credit_n in_o relent_v from_o that_o which_o he_o have_v already_o in_o great_a part_n perform_v before_o the_o legate_n at_o venice_n and_o that_o in_o the_o perfect_a accomplish_n thereof_o little_a or_o no_o discredit_n can_v arise_v more_o than_o what_o by_o the_o former_a action_n already_o he_o have_v sustain_v on_o the_o other_o side_n 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with_o it_o quoth_v they_o i_o can_v tell_v you_o say_v he_o what_o this_o mind_n will_v move_v i_o to_o upon_o occasion_n nor_o what_o i_o will_v do_v they_o perceive_v small_a effect_n of_o all_o this_o their_o labour_n but_o rather_o that_o he_o grow_v worse_o for_o the_o avoid_n of_o concourse_n of_o people_n for_o every_o day_n seldom_o few_o than_o twenty_o continue_v with_o he_o and_o to_o stop_v the_o course_n of_o fame_n which_o be_v continual_o blow_v abroad_o of_o he_o they_o consult_v to_o carry_v he_o back_o again_o into_o his_o own_o country_n and_o those_o his_o friend_n that_o come_v to_o comfort_v he_o begin_v to_o take_v their_o leaf_n of_o he_o vergerius_n among_o the_o rest_n require_v that_o at_o their_o part_n they_o may_v pray_v together_o with_o he_o spira_n hardly_o consent_v and_o as_o unwilling_o perform_v for_o he_o say_v my_o heart_n be_v estrange_v from_o god_n i_o can_v call_v he_o father_n from_o my_o heart_n all_o good_a motion_n be_v now_o quite_o go_v my_o heart_n be_v full_a of_o malediction_n hatred_n and_o blasphemy_n against_o god_n i_o find_v i_o grow_v more_o and_o more_o harden_v in_o heart_n and_o can_v stoop_v nor_o help_v myself_o your_o prayer_n for_o i_o shall_v turn_v to_o your_o own_o benefit_n they_o can_v do_v i_o no_o good_a vergerius_n come_v to_o take_v his_o leave_n of_o he_o who_o spira_n embrace_v say_a although_o i_o know_v that_o nothing_o can_v bring_v any_o benefit_n to_o i_o a_o reprobate_n but_o that_o every_o thing_n shall_v tend_v to_o my_o deep_a condemnation_n yet_o i_o give_v you_o most_o hearty_a thanks_o for_o your_o kind_a office_n of_o love_n and_o good_a will_n and_o the_o lord_n return_v it_o unto_o you_o with_o a_o plentiful_a increase_n of_o all_o good_a the_o next_o day_n be_v bring_v down_o to_o his_o intend_a journey_n by_o the_o way_n look_v round_o about_o he_o with_o a_o ghastly_a look_n he_o see_v a_o knife_n lie_v on_o a_o table_n to_o which_o he_o run_v hasty_o snatch_v hold_v of_o 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professor_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n in_o padua_n sigesmond_n jealous_a a_o transylvanian_a henricus_n scotus_n all_o daily_a visitor_n of_o spira_n and_o find_v it_o accord_v with_o they_o touch_v spira_n person_n i_o find_v most_o learned_a writer_n do_v incline_v to_o the_o right_a and_o hopeful_a hand_n move_v by_o his_o sweet_a humble_a and_o charitable_a speech_n some_o few_o desperate_a one_o except_v that_o fall_v from_o he_o in_o some_o little_a agony_n which_o keep_v he_o fast_v and_o watch_v about_o six_o month_n space_n eat_v nothing_o but_o what_o be_v force_v down_o his_o throat_n the_o sum_n of_o calvin_n and_o borrhaus_n their_o counsel_n who_o write_v large_o of_o the_o use_n of_o this_o pattern_n be_v that_o all_o learn_v to_o take_v heed_n of_o backslide_n which_o god_n soul_n abhor_v and_o not_o to_o dally_v with_o conscience_n and_o hell_n on_o earth_n if_o just_o incense_v more_o to_o be_v fear_v then_o the_o spanish_a inquisition_n or_o all_o the_o strappado_n and_o torment_n in_o the_o world_n and_o to_o take_v heed_n of_o spira_n principal_a error_n which_o be_v to_o dispute_v with_o satan_n over-busy_o in_o time_n of_o weakness_n especial_o to_o reason_n and_o conclude_v from_o present_a sense_n to_o god_n past_a reprobation_n and_o future_a damnation_n both_o which_o be_v hard_a if_o possible_a for_o any_o man_n to_o determine_v in_o his_o own_o much_o more_o in_o other_o case_n so_o commend_v thou_o to_o his_o grace_n who_o be_v able_a to_o establish_v thou_o to_o the_o end_n i_o bid_v thou_o farewell_n and_o hope_v well_o while_o the_o space_n of_o grace_n last_v dum_fw-la spiras_fw-la spera_fw-la so_o may_v thou_o take_v good_a and_o no_o hurt_n by_o the_o read_n of_o this_o terrible_a example_n finis_fw-la imprimatur_fw-la tho_n wykes_n r_o p_o episc_n lond_n cap_n domest._n decmb_n 2._o 1637._o luk._n 21.61_o mat._n 10.33_o rom._n 9.11_o and_o rom._n 4._o jam._n 2_o 10._o rom._n 9.18_o psal._n 32.11_o *_o signify_v the_o god_n of_o fly_n psal._n 109.7_o psal._n 6.5_o psa._n 89.30_o pro._n 24.16_o psal._n 37.24_o eccles._n 9.1_o psal._n 88.14_o psal._n 36.6_o rom._n 11.33_o 1._o cor_n 10.12_o psal._n 50.12_o rom._n 8.16_o 1._o cor._n 11.33_o rom._n 12.28_o john_n 18.42_o mat._n 7_o 22._o 1_o cor._n 11.33_o heb._n 6._o and_o 10.26_o 1_o pet._n 2.21_o luk._n 16._o matt._n 27.4_o revel._n 9.6_o luke_n 9.61_o