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	speak_v	word_n	5,557	5	4.4077	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52692	The Grand impostor examined, or, The life, tryal and examination of James Nayler the seduced and seducing Quaker : with the manner of his riding into Bristol.		1656 (1656)	Wing N283; ESTC R26866	13,477	52

of faithfull Abraham O suffer me to speake what the Lord hath moved There is one temptation neere the like unto the first and is like the wisdome of God but it is not and therefore it must be destroyed Oh it desileth and hateth the innocent I beseech thee wait my soule travelleth to see a pure Image brought forth and the enemy strive to destroy it that he may keep me alwaies sorrowing and ever seeking and never satisfied nor never rejoycing But he in whom I have believed will shortly tread satan under our feet and then shalt thou and thine return to Zion with everlasting rejoycings and praises But till then better is the house of mourning then rejoycing for he that was made a perfect example when he had fasted the appointed time of his father vvas tempted to eate and to shew a miracle to prove himselfe to be the Sonne of God But man lives not by bread said he and now no more by that vvisdom shall he live on vvhich he hath long fed as on bread and as his food hath been so must his fast be and then at the end temptation to as low a thing as a stone that if it vvere possible the humility and the miracles vvould deceive the elect innocent and righteous branch of holiness But be his vvils never so many the time comes he shall leave thee for he is faithfull vvho hath promised he vvill not leave the Throne of David vvithout a man to sit upon thereon vvhich shall judge the poore vvith righteousnesse and the World vvith equity This shall shortly come to passe and then shall the vision speak and not lie O let innocency be thy beloved and righteousnesse thy Spouse that thy fathers lambs may rejoyce in thy pure and cleare unspotted image of holinesse and purity vvhich my soul believeth I shall see and so in the faith rest I am in patience vvait and the power vvill preserve from subtilty though under never so zealous a pretence of innocent vvisdom it be yet shall the Lord not suffer his holy one to see corruption nor his soule to lie in Hell but will cause the mountain to melt at his presence and the little hills to bring him peace O I am ready to fear as a servant and to obey as a child If I have spoken words too high love hath constrained me which is as strong as death and with the same spirit cover them as they are spoken with and then shall the spirit of David be witnessed who refused not words though from his servants mouth if they were in the fear I am his servant and he my Master whom I love and fear and trust I shall do unto the end Hannah Stranger From London 16. day of the 7th month Another from the same OH thou fairest of ten thousand thou onely begotten Son of God how my heart panteth after thee O stay me with flagons and comfort me with Wine My well beloved thou art like a Roe or young Hart upon the mountains of Spices where thy beloved Spouse hath long been calling thee to come away but hath been but lately heard of thee Now it lies something upon me that thou mindst to see her for the spirit and power of God is with her And there is given to her much of excellent and innocent wisedome arissen and arising in her which will make all the honest-hearted to praise the Lord alone and no more set up self And therefore let not my Lord and Master have any jealousie again of her for she is highly beloved of the Lord and that shall all see who come to know the Lord And now he doth blesse them that blesse his and curse them that curse his for this hath the Lord shewed me That her portion is exceeding large in the Lord and as her sorrow hath been much so shall her joy be much more which rejoyceth my heart to see her walke so valiantly and faithfully in the work of the Lord in this time of so great tryals as hath been laid upon her especially And I am Hannah Stranger The Postscript Remember my dear love to thy Master Thy name is no more to be called James but Jesus John Stranger This John Stranger is Husband to this Hannah Stranger and this was added as a Postscript by him to his Wives Letter as is acknowledged Remember my love to those friends withthee The seventeenth day of the eighth month superscribed this to the hands of James Naylor We shall now return to his examination Q. Art thou the only Son of God A. I am the Son of God but I have many Brethren Q. Have any called thee by the name of Jesus A. Not as unto the visible but as Jesus the Christ that is in me Q. Dost thou own the name of the King of Israel A. Not as a creature but if they give it Christ within I own it and have a Kingdom but not of this world my Kingdome is of another world of which thou watst not Q. Whether or no art thou the Prophet of the most high A. Thou hast said I am a Prophet Q. Dost thou own that attribute the Judge of Israel A. The Judge is but one and is witnessed in me and is the Christ there must not be any joyned with him if they speak of the spirit in me I own it only as God is manifest in the flesh according as God dwelleth in me and judgeth there himself Q. By whom were you sent A. By him who hath sent the spirit of his Son in me to try not as to carnal matters but belonging to the Kingdome of God by the indwelling of the Father and the Son by judge of all spirits to be guided by none Q. Is not the written word of God the guide A. The written word declares of it and what is not according to that is not true Q. Whether art thou more sent then others or whether others be not sent in that measure A. As to that I have nothing at present given me of my Father to answer Q. Was your birth mortal or immortal A. Not according to the Natural birth but according to the Spiritual birth born of the immortal seed Q. Wert thou ever called the Lambe of God A. I look not back to things behind but there might be some such thing in the letter I am a lamb and have sought it long before I could witnesse it Q. Who the mother or whether or no is she a virgin A. Nay according to the naturall birth Q. Who is thy mother according to thy spirituall birth A. No carnall creature Q. Who then A. To this he refused to answer Q. Is the hope of Israel in thee A. The hope is in Christ and as Christ is in me so far the hope of Israel stands Christ is in me the hope of glory Q. What more hope is there in thee then in others A. None can know but them of Israel and Israel must give an account Q. Art thou the everlasting Son