Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	church_n	head_n	visible_a	2,242	5	10.0238	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13314	The hauen of pleasure containing a freemans felicitie, and a true direction how to liue well : profitable and del[i]ghtfull to all, hurtfull and displeasing to none, except it bee to such pecuish dames as do either foolishlie reiect, or carelesly neglect the dutie of chast matron[e]s / gathered out of the best approued authors.	I. T.	1597 (1597)	STC 23621; ESTC S1650	98,226	170

spoken by the vvifest man in the world insomuch that when they wold confirme any thinge without anie long delaie they woulde obiect to him that doubted their argumentes to be true 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is he hath spoken as though it had beene then a great offence to speake against it so is it meete the like reason be had of our religion giuing the same reuerence to Iesus Christ that in alleaging his doctrine to confirme the profession of our faith we crie vnto the deafe and dul hearers 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is beleeue for our Sauior hath spoken it for his doctrine is not humaine vanishing and colde but liuelie sauing forcible and diuine and which bringeth blessednesse to man which onelie we ought to desire of Christ whoe is the fountaine of all wisedome and goodnesse and in whome dwelleth all fulnesse of God corporallie by whome wee are made perfect by whom as Paule saith God the father hath deliuered vs from the power of darkenesse and hath translated vs to the kingdome of his beloued sonne by whom vve haue redemption in his bloud and remission of our sins vvho is the image of the inuisible god and the first begotten before all creatures and by whō all thinges were made both in heauen and earth visible and inuisible thrones dominions principalities and powers All things were made by him through him and he is before all things and by him all things haue their beginnings He is the head of his body the Church the beginning and first begotten from the dead that he might be chiefe in al thinges and obtain the souerainty because it pleased the father to dwel in him being the fulnesse of all thinges and to reconcile al things vnto himselfe being appeased in the bloud of his crosse Seeing then that GOD the Father hath so plentifully and aboundantly bestowed all things on vs by Christ let vs striue to come to that plentifull and euerflowing fountain and let vs presume through faith to aske and hope for all things from and in him assaie to doe all thinges If it seeme good vnto vs to cast out Diuels to heale diseases to deliuer from perils to kill venemous beastes to purge away poison and make it ha●melesse and to remoue mountains out of their places let vs remember to do all these things by the vertue and power of Christ by faith in him For Christ promiseth to the faithfull that all things shall be plain open and easie for them to doe if they haue faith which in his last sermon before hee ascended vp into heauen he witnesseth to the world when he saith Marke 6 Go yee ouer all the world and preach the Gospell to al nations he that beleeueth and is baptised shall be saued but whosoeuer beleeueth not shall bee condemned Tell them that beleeue that these thinges shall followe their faith In my name they shall caste out Diuels speake with newe tongues kill Serpentes and if they drinke any deadly poison it shall not hurt them they shall lay their handes on the sicke and they shall bee whole that is at the present touch they shall bee healed these thinges shall bee alwaies ready with them where the increase and profit of the Gospell requireth a myracle But these things can by no meanes be performed in the mindes of them that nowe professe the Gospell vntill they haue clensed their hearts from all vices and through the force of the spirit and doctrine of saluation haue healed their mindes of their faultes and that their heartes are freed from auarice hatred anger lust deceite backbiting and other daungerous affections and endue themselues with giftes from aboue Whether hearbes and precious stones haue a power to cast out Deuils and expel noisome things Chap. 58. ALbeit that hearbes haue such especiall vse and excellent force giuen by the framer of Nature that they are applied to mans bodie for nourishment and medicines sake yet are there some roots commended by ancient writers which resist inchaunt ments and do beate backe and driue away sorcery and witchcraft of all sorts These are called Alexicaca or remedies against al mischiefes and Amuleta that is Amlettes or preseruatiues against witchcraft which doe driue awaie and remoue all thinges that are hurtfull and noysome to men This force also besides hearbes is attributed to Pearles and Precious stones vvhich haue gotten that power not by their first qualities that is the temprature of heate and colde drinesse and moisture but by a speciall strength hidden force and secret propertie whose cause cannot by any meanes be shewed So doth the Magnes and Loadstone draw Iron The Gagates or Agath stone and the Amber drawe strawes and moates The Saphire which is of a s●ie and gray colour defendeth chastitie The Iacincte and Chrysolite borne on the Ring finger resisteth the plague The Emerald and Prasius being stones of a green colour doe make the heart merrie The Iasper Saphire and blew stone called a Turcoise keepeth a man from sliding falling and stumbling or if any of these happen it keepeth the bodie from hurte Corall hanged about the necke driueth awaie troublesome dreames and keepeth children from feares in the night The Carbuncle or Sardine stone commonlie called the Cornel stone taking that name of a redde berrie the Cornell tree beareth spreadeth the bloud in the bodie and maketh men merrie and of an excellent color There are also diuers other stones of moste excellent vertue to remooue and driue awaie Hobgoblins Witches Hags and anie ayrie Spirits if wee may credit auncient writers There are also hearbes which resist those diseases that are verie neare kinne to the vexations and tortures of the Diuell as melancholy phrensie madnesse the falling sickenesse and other greeuous diseases that happen to young maides and olde widowes through the motion and affection of their wombe or when their monethlie diseases haue not their course or vvhen they are kept longer from marrying then they would be because from the fumes that disease bringeth and thorow blacke and thicke fogges their mindes are so troubled that a man woulde thinke they were tormented of some euill Spiritte yea they themselues doe perswade themselues that some euill Spiritte doth possesse their mindes which bringeth them into manie absurde and filthie imaginations to which disease after the incision or cutting of some vayne in the feete such wholsome hearbes are applied vnto them that deliuer them of these accidentes and of this sorte are these Mugworte Sauory wild Betony Maieram Penirioall Origane and Clarie But amongst herbes that are an ease to an afflicted minde or doe safely keepe a man from euill spirites or from thinking of them or from those venemous fumes which do hurt the braine these are reckoned to be of force Rue the sea onion of whose iuice and sirrop a vineger is made masterwort which wee commonly call Pelitory of Spaine Angelica or Lungwort a kind of Fenel giant or Lascrpice Alisson or Rubia the lesse