Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	abide_v	able_a	presence_n	26	3	6.8530	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06471	Emblems of rarities: or Choyce observations out of worthy histories of many remarkable passages, and renowned actions of divers princes and severall nations With exquisite variety, and speciall collections of the natures of most sorts of creatures: delightfull and profitable to the minde. Collected by D.L.	Lupton, Donald, d. 1676.	1636 (1636)	STC 16942; ESTC S108945	119,960	508

Mistresse being a widdow of the Ismael stock and fifty yeares of age having great wealth and riches who also brought him up This pestilent man being puft up with his Wives riches applyed his minde to all kinde of detestable acts through his corrupt and depraved wit being of himselfe otherwise prompt and given to all kinde of presumptuous boldnes his temerity and malapertnesse was also encreased by the unconstancy and unfaithfulnesse of one Sergius a pestilent Monke so that in a short space hee came to such estimation amongst the Arabians that he was called and beleeved to be the great messenger of God and the great Prophet and this in every mans mouth This Sergius being a Nestorian Arch-heretick banished from Constantinople fled into Araby and associating himselfe unto Mahomets familiarity an ill master and governour with a most filthy and abhominable scholler was soone united together Hee was a prater and full of words bold rash impudent subtil crafty and in all things agreeing with Mahomet who now was waxed mighty and could helpe at a pinch and whose name began to be famous and so at the length the runnagate found a filthy privy and dungeon of all wickednesse Whom his unhappy master taught Nestorians madnesse and perswaded him to expulse and remoue the Christians and their Priests from Damascus Syria and Arabia and so to corrupt the Iudaicall law and to deprave the Christian Faith It cannot well be rehearsed by how many crafty and subtill meanes this most unfaithfull Apostata and runnagate hath deceived and seduced the people Now Mahomet being taught all kinde of ungraciousnesse of his detestable master through intemperate living and continuall drunkennesse fell at the length into the Falling-sicknesse the which his wife could not well suffer for the often comming thereof Wherefore the old dissembling knave to deliver himselfe from that infamy doth hide and cloake his disease saying it to be the marvellous brightnesse of Gabriel the Angell and Messenger of God of whom hee being put in that trance did receive and learne most secret and strange things and that he was not able to abide the presence of him with a manifest lye he affirmed it O my deare and wel-beloved wife he saith marvaile no● that this commeth to me when I conceive the spirit of GOD himselfe who suggesteth in mee things to come and to make mee privy of many matters he commeth often to me The ●ame hereof was spread abroad immediately and hee was openly called the Prophet of God the which opinion be encreased with a new art and craft by the instruction of his Master Sergius For hee accustomed and taught a Dove to be fed and fetch meate at his eares the which Dove his most subtill and crafty master called the Holy Ghost Hee preached openly and made his bragges ●ike a most lying villaine that his Dove did shew unto him the most secret counsell of God ●s often as the simple fowle did ●y unto his eares for nourishment His Wife being now ●ead left him her heire and ●ll that shee had so that he en●reased in wealth and authority ●ayly and beganne to make 〈◊〉 new Law by the helpe of ●is master Sergius and cer●aine Iews that were his compa●ions borrowing some things ●f the Hebrews and some things ●f the Christians discipline He ●id write in a certaine volumne ●ll the Lawes of his new sect ●he which bookes name is Al●oran that booke not many ●eares agoe hath come into Print And that hee might the more craftily deceive his people and Nation given wholly to the belly and to sleepe hee brought up and fed a certaine Bull which was used onely to take food from the hands of Mahomet he bound a book● betwixt his hornes and the simple people looking about with an high voyce hee called the Bull out of a secret place and when hee with his babling tongue had utred many thing● concerning his lawes sudden●ly the Bull started forth and o●verthrowing many in his com●ming he layeth down the Boo● in the hands of Mahomet as 〈◊〉 had beene a gift sent from Hea●ven The which hee receiving with much honour did immediatly interprete many thing● out of it to the people and with his forged and subtile device hee named himselfe a Prince and Serius a Prophet For the Dove brought ● paper about her necke written with Golden letters in this manner Whosoever shall put ●he yoake on the Bulls necke ●et him be King Sergius brought ●he yoke and gave it to Ma●omet who did easily put it on the Bull and by and by ●ee was called King of the simple people thinking these ●hings to be done by Gods providence and that hee tooke the booke no otherwise In this booke they are commanded to be circumcised not for any Religion but for meere superstition or else as some say that no filth should remaine under the skinne of the yard when they did wash and bath them There was also commanded abstinence of wine and flesh that hee might the more easily cloake his disease who felt himselfe oppressed with Wine of late for Wine taken more excessively and intemperately in stopping the passages of the braine that no respiration might be had doth breed and nourish the falling sicknesse and Swi●● flesh maketh grosse humour● wherewith obstruction of the braine commeth quickly and many other diseases springe●● thereof The booke of Alcor●● commandeth also the fasting of one moneth wherein a ma● may eat all the night long so that dayly abstinence is recompensed with night 4urfeiting Mahomet appoynted also because he would have his law disagred from Christians and Hebrewes that the Friday should bee consecrated as Holy-day because hee was made King upon that day and also would not agree with any other ●ect For the same cause doe ●he Turkes also turne them into ●he South at their prayers a●ainst the manners of other Nations He hath also granted ●o every man foure wives of his ●wne kinred but concubines ●ond-women bought it is law●ull for every man to have as many as he can keepe so that ●hey may forsake them and make a devorce as often as they ●ist and this was done to draw ●he common sort and rude mul●itude unto him more easily He ●aught also that the pleasures of ●he body did not hinder the hap●y life to come and he promised to the observers of his law a Paradise and garden of all pleasures wherein they should use their most desired joyes and all kinde of pleasures as Maidens most beautifull adorned and the embracings of Angels and all other kinde of pleasures that any man would desire with the which subtill craftinesse hee led the people flexible of their owne nature whither he would because he promised all kinde of libidino●● pleasures He reprehended the Iews for that they denied Christ to bee borne of the Virgin seeing that the Prophet through divine inspiration did prophesie the same He reproved the Christians of foolishnesse because they did beleeve JESUS to