Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	able_a	effect_n	great_a	191	3	2.1571	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96743	Carmen expostulatorium: or, A timely expostulation vvith those both of the City of London, and the present armie, vvho have either endeavoured to ingage these kingdoms in a second warre; or neglected the prevention thereof. Intended, for averting (if it may be possible) of that generall destruction thereby threatened; and to that purpose, hastily (upon the immergent occasion) published. / By Geo. VVither.	Wither, George, 1588-1667.	1647 (1647)	Wing W3149; Thomason E401_10; ESTC R201776	13,426	24

you concluded never to retire In your Career till all is on a fire And you and yours lie sprawling in the plashes Of your own blood or in your Cities ashes Or till you view this goodly spacious frame The work of many Ages in a flame Have you so often heard it said from him Whose true presages no man will contemn But Reprobates what miserable Fate Attends that House that City and that State Which is divided Have his Prophecies So often been fulfill'd before your eyes And are they at this day so likely too To be ere long fulfilled upon you And yet will you a new-division run As if you studied how to be undone Or as if you resolved on that path Which to avoid ev'n GOD fore-warn'd you hath Have I my selfe by GOD's permission too So often told you what you would mis-do What courses you would follow what reject Fore-shown you plainly what it would effect If you did otherwise Have you oft seen Those things fulfilled which fore-told have been And spoken of them Nay have you oft read And descanted on that which I have said And jeered my predictions yet will you In ev'ry circumstance fulfill them now Shall I be made as me in scorn you call A Prophet as it were in spight of all Which I fore-shewed you with an intent That you might take occasion to prevent What was fore-told and make my true predictions By penitencie to appear but fictions Have you crack'd all my Almonds And instead Of making them a meanes of taking heed What course you steer'd so acted as if you From them had tooke occasion to pursue Forbidden paths that future times may know GOD'S providence was pleased to fore-show What would be done by men impenitent Though warnings doe precede their punishment But let that passe which cannot be undone And to prevent what you as yet may shun Let me upon the credit gotten from Things past finde means from perills yet to come Your City to preserve and let me lose Or thrive as I to you shall things propose To be consider'd on without designe For any private or base end of mine Or to contribute strength to any Faction Or weaken anie Party now in action But as relating to the preservation Of this indanger'd City State or Nation Have you consider'd rightly of the cause Which on your City this ingagement drawes And rightly weigh'd it with all circumstances Thereto belonging and what 't is advances Your quarrell to this height or how you find Those Leaders by their principles inclin'd Whose prudence you depend on do you know How dim the sight of wisest men may grow By private interest or by respect To those men whom they malice or affect Or to opinions If not have a care How you ingage especially if warre Be like to follow For we daily see By those discourses which divulged bee By disagreeing parties that when they Each others writings happen to survey At ev'rie page they seem to take offence And judge it void of learning truth or sense When he that is as wise and in his waies Unbiassed peruseth it with praise Have you consider'd seriously how strong Your foes may prove how chargeable how long This warre may be who shall the cost defray How willingly the Citizens will pay That ayd which you may need when they are made Unable by a long decay of trade Yea when so many thousands want their bread Who were by constant labour daily fed And shall consume their lives or strength away By watchings and hard dutie night and day Have you well-weighed for how long a space Provisions may be stopped from this place How greatly Famine may increase your charge How want and nastinesse may then inlarge The Pestilence begun how much the three Dissenting Parties which among you bee Your troubles may augment Or doe you know When you advanced are to meet a foe Without your walls what mischiefs may begin By meanes of some whom you must leave within Especially when poverty extreme Revenge or avarice hath tempted them By unexpected opportunities To act things for their own advantages Are you in these particulars assured To bee at each extremitie secured Have you conceiv'd how truly miserable You shall be rendred if you prove unable To over-come And though you victors be How little comfort thereof you may see When you have summed up what you shall lose And by removing them what other foes You may make way for to the consumation Of all the strength and glorie of this Nation Yet once againe look downe into that hell Wherein you are preparing now to dwell Can you suppose that all whom you intend To arme your Cause and City to befriend Will act as you expect Or think you they Can do as much for you as they can say Can you by any caution be assured Your goods and families will bee secured From your owne Party Or your persons free From outrage when among you there shall be A generall confusion and their need And yours shall daily new distractions breed Which ev'rie day and week will still grow greater Till your afflictions have advis'd you better Can you beleeve that all your power and wit Which make small shew of such effects as yet Shall able be by force or gentle waies To conjure downe the spirits you may raise Or draw a circle or provide a charme So strong that none of them shall do you harme Have you some works which fain you would have done For your owne ends and thinke you they have none Or that they who did sleight a greater power Will conscience make of trampling upon your Or if provok'd of treading on you too When they dislike of anie thing you do Can you conceive that though you armed were Against all those whom you abroad may feare That in your streets your houses nay within Your chambers there will not as there hath been A Party be which will assay to make Your hopes abortive if this course you take Yea multiply your sorrowes till th' event Grow desperate Or you too late repent And shall be over-whelmed with disorders Fears out-cries violences flames and murthers Do you believe those listed Reformadoes Who puffe you up with vauntings and bravadoes Mistake me not I purpose no disgrace To all who now abiding in this place Are cast out of imploiment do you think Those who are most couragious in their drink Those of the roaring Frenchified-Rout With untruss'd breeches with shirts hanging out And Codpeeces beribanded about With partie-colour'd Inkle Or that those Apprentices who late in tumults rose And without check to your perpetuall shame To force th'unguarded Senate rudelie came And foamed raging furie at their doore Like billowes beating on the patient shore Think you that such as these ordain'd have been To save you from the feares that you were in To be Deliverers do you believe These likey or are those who to receive New entertainment and perhaps old pay Have onely aim'd at such