Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	according_a	ghost_n	holy_a	5,624	5	4.7363	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47961	Il putanismo di Roma, or, The history of the whores and whoredom of the popes, cardinals, and clergy of Rome discovered by a conclave of ladies convened for the election of a new pope / written in Italian by the author of Cardinalismo and Nepotismo ; and now made English by I.D., Esq.; Putanismo di Roma. English	Leti, Gregorio, 1630-1701.	1670 (1670)	Wing L1340A; ESTC R36249	57,206	143

Heaven whereas now there are some Christians in Rome that make it a scruple of Conscience to believe that he is not gone to Hell Furthermore the obligation had been doubled if he had pleas'd to conduct with him if not the whole House of the Chigi's yet at least that most excellent Brother of his who is the Head of the Chigi's Neck of the Bichi's Body of the Ciaii Feet of Siena and finally a member of the Devil Mar. Don't you be offended Dear Brother that Don Mario had not the transfretation over the Stygian Lake at the same time with his most holy Brother because the Devil who knew the crimes both of the one and the other would not hazard Charon's Bark through the tempestuous waves of the Stygian water fearing least he should sink himself by the way by reason of the great weight of the sins of these two Brethren and so Hell should happen to lose two such happy Victims Therefore we must believe that Lucifers command was that Alexander should be first conducted thither and then Don Mario should be snatched away because it will be requisit to build a new Boat on purpose to waft over so large a body laden with so many rapines Pas You think not amiss but for my own particular I do now imagine with my self that this is one of the intrigues of Alexanders policy desiring to make himself known to be a great Polititian at the end of his Papacy as he did seem to be at the beginning when he understood so well how to deceive the World and the Church Christendom and Rome feigning himself averss to the promotion of his Relations so that every one believ'd him to be pious and disinteressed with his blood and at his end he did pretend he would have this also to be understood in the other world to encrease his glory if he had gone to heaven according to his desire or abate his torment when ever the misfortune should befall him to go to hell which he did not believe Mar. On the contrary if he had been an able Politician he had taken Don Mario along with him because the Devils would have yielded in all things and all manner of wayes to the train of his Infernal Excellency and so had let the poor Pope go shift for himself in Purgatory Pas The Devils would not have been so foolish to lose such a prey which they have for so long a time been in chase of I would have you understand that the damnation of Alexander if so be that he is damn'd as we ought religiously to believe had no other rise but the force of diabolick temptations for whilst he liv'd without delivering up himself into the hands of those that use to tempt the Popes he wrought none but wonders miracles and holy works but the Devil no sooner began to possess himself of his heart but he became a Judas to the Church an Iscariot to the People a Jew to the Romans and a Pilat to all Christendom Mar. But how can the Devils enter into the heart of the Pope if it be the residence of the holy Ghost Pas Are you also one of the Disciples to those false Divines that bestow the holy Ghost upon the Pope by weight and measure Those Tales that the Pope is guided by the holy Ghost are Theological inventions to blind the eyes of the faithful to the end that they should not be offended with the actions of such Popes that are Wolves and not Shepherds that fleece the Flock of Christ but do not govern it that hold the knife in their hand like Butchers and not the pastoral rod like Pastors and in truth there are none but a few beggarly Whores some mendicant Fellow-friars and peradventure some kind of novice of the Capuchins order that believe the Popes directed by the holy Ghost As for the rest men of solid judgment smile at all the Theologians write and give them the liberty to say what they please whilst they believe what they see that is so long as they find in the Pope's a holy way of operation they believe them holy but when afterwards they discover deeds of darkness in them they judge them Devils One of the greatest impieties in Christendom is the Inquisition which punisheth most tyrannically those poor faithful ones that mov'd with a scruple of conscience maintain publickly either by the hand or tongue that these Popes are subject to erre whom they in truth see full of error God himself by the mouth of his Prophet instructs us that Cum sancto sanctus eris cum perverso perverteris With the holy thou shalt be holy and with the wicked thou shalt be wicked Yet by all means the most reverend devils of the Inquisition will have an absolute power that the faithful shall be holy with the wicked though in despight of them they do nothing therefore we will not say they do worse because this stopping of the mouth in publick places by menaces doth so swell the hearts of the most sensible Christians that they endure with great violence the more zealous pens of those Nicodemusses that for fear are forc't to abscond themselves in their most privat Studies making their Writings fly to the utmost parts of the Earth where the men are not so credulous as to believe white to be black and black white In my opinion it should satisfie the Inquisitors that the faithful believe the Pope's infallible whilst they do not errr and are guided by the holy Ghost whilst they work according to the gifts of the holy Spirit and conformably to the laws wherewith that blessed Spirit hath furnished the Church Mar. I would fain know at what time you believe that the Devil took possession of the heart of Pope Alexander Pas I will tell you forthwith but first I would give you to understand that the Pope's cannot pretend to be the true Vicars of Christ because they are elected by certain Cardinals that are all of the devil from whom as being an enemy to the Church they cannot expect any thing but wicked inspiration and withal if the Election be granted to be good the Pope that is inaugurated ought to be acknowledged as a most holy and infallible person by the faithful until that he delivers himself up to these devils who oblige him to sin Mar. And this farther I desire to be satisfied in having spoken to you concerning Alexander in particular to understand somewhat of the other Pope's in general now that the calamities of Rome are subdued to see that which is universal made particular Pas The Devils that tempt the Popes to sin are their Nephews Dear Brother these make him deviate from the right path and lead him through mountains and steep places These blind his eyes and make him walk in the dark These are they that tye up his hands so that he can do nothing for others because he doth all things for them These stop his ears that he cannot hear the cryes