Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	ascend_v	heavenly_a	zion_n	18	3	8.9192	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47197	The way cast up, and the stumbling-blocks removed from before the feet of those who are seeking the way to Zion, with their faces thitherward containing an answere to a postcript, printed at the end of Sam Rutherford's letters, third edition, by a nameless author, indeed not without cause, considering the many lyes and falshoods therein, against the people, called Quakers, which are here disproved, and refuted / by George Keith ...	Keith, George, 1639?-1716.; Rutherford, Samuel, 1600?-1661.	1677 (1677)	Wing K233; ESTC R19568	115,272	246

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jesus_n or_o word_n incarnate_a be_v the_o only_a and_o proper_a middle_n and_o mediator_n betwixt_o god_n and_o we_o so_o that_o where●●_n god_n be_v immediate_o unite_v with_o the_o man_n christ_n jesus_n no_o other_o man_n or_o angel_n have_v or_o indeed_o be_v capable_a to_o have_v a_o immediate_a union_n with_o god_n their_o union_n be_v only_o mediate_v with_o god_n and_o so_o their_o communion_n and_o fellowship_n with_o he_o be_v but_o mediate_v also_o by_o the_o mean_n of_o christ_n jesus_n although_o in_o respect_n of_o other_o mean_n it_o be_v immediate_a and_o of_o this_o i_o find_v needful_a once_o for_o all_o to_o acquaint_v the_o reader_n to_o prevent_v his_o mis●●ke_n section_n xii_o 1._o how_o much_o more_o true_o we_o own_o and_o esteem_v the_o manhood_n of_o christ_n than_o the_o author_n of_o the_o postscript_n or_o his_o brethren_n 2._o a_o testimony_n of_o luther_n for_o the_o man_n christ_n his_o be_v every_o where_o 3._o another_o testimony_n from_o those_o who_o embrace_v the_o aungustane_n confession_n in_o that_o treatise_n call_v libre_fw-la concordiae_fw-la that_o christ_n as_o man_n be_v real_o present_a with_o the_o saint_n on_o earth_n 4._o the_o lutheran_n gross_a error_n in_o the_o manner_n of_o this_o presence_n have_v give_v occasion_n to_o many_o to_o deny_v the_o truth_n itself_o because_o they_o can_v not_o understand_v the_o manner_n 5._o the_o manner_n offer_v in_o this_o treatise_n most_o consonant_a both_o to_o scripture_n and_o reason_n and_o almost_o to_o sense_n 6._o how_o john_n see_v the_o son_n of_o man_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o golden_a candlestick_n after_o his_o ascersion_n 8._o how_o christ_n 〈◊〉_d the_o ladder_n by_o which_o we_o ascend_v unto_o god_n 8._o the_o nephesch_n and_o neschamah_n of_o christ_n soul_n distin●guished_v 9_o christ_n his_o spiritual_a come_n in_o his_o saint_n as_o the_o son_n of_o man_n ma●th_n c_o 16_o ver_fw-la 28._o 10._o a_o testimony_n of_o calvin_n that_o christ_n as_o man_n do_v sanctify_v we_o and_o give_v we_o grace_n 11._o some_o testimony_n from_o s._n r._n his_o epistle_n that_o christ_n be_v in_o the_o saint_n not_o only_o by_o his_o gra●es_n but_o by_o himself_o 12._o another_o testimony_n of_o calvin_n 13._o that_o s._n r._n speak_v of_o the_o man_n christ_n his_o be_v in_o the_o saint_n 14._o many_o call_v that_o horrid_a blasphemy_n in_o we_o which_o they_o commend_v in_o s._n r._n and_o other_o of_o their_o own_o teacher_n which_o be_v great_a injustice_n and_o partiality_n 15._o christ_n his_o know_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o samaritan_n woman_n and_o cure_v the_o woman_n of_o canaan_n of_o her_o issue_n of_o blood_n prove_v the_o extension_n of_o his_o soul_n and_o life_n or_o spirit_n