Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	angel_n	body_n	soul_n	8,225	5	5.5180	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B12150	A Breefe collection concerning the love of God tovvards mankinde, & hovv for diuers causes vve are iustlie bounde to loue & serue him with preparation to prayer, and certaine necessarie prayers and thankesgeuing to God for his benefites, daylie to be vsed : also a deuote meditation to procure contrition, and excite deuotion with other vertuous prayers.		1603 (1603)	STC 5554; ESTC S1869	22,473	91

euil teach and illuminate my minde gouerne me both within and without strengthen my weake spirite against inordinate pusillanimitie and superfluous scruples of Conscience and humble it that it fal not into presumption Geue me right Faith vnmoueable Hope sincere perfect Charity that I may sweet lie delight in thee I may loue thee hartelie and euery vvhere I may fulfill thy holy vvill and pleasure O Holy blessed Trinitie God omnipotet I comment vnto thee al my bussines both spiritual and corporal I cōmend vnto thee my benefactours my neyghbours my friends my familiars al for whom I ought to pray al those which haue desired or doe desire my prayers I cōmend vnto thee the whole Catholike Church renew in it I beseeche thee purity of life graunt that ech one may corect him selfe norish kepe amog them that are members of the same Church mutual charitie and continually to loue thee Such as doe erre call backe into the way of Saluation extinguish al heresies conuert those to the knowledge of thy Faith which as yet doe not know thee Comfort and lift vp al that are trubled in mind and conscience such as are opressed with temptations and calamities All Hayle o holy Virgin Marye the white Lillie of the B Trinitie of whom the king of Heauen Iesus Christ the brightnes of his Fathers glory wolde be borne and with they sweet milke be fedde and norished O blessed mother assist my weaknes in al temptations and necessities in al peril of sinne and in the howre of my death that thou helping and protecting me I may be safe in our Lord. O Blessed Spirits Angellical pray for me and espicially thou holy Angel the keper of my soule and body haue thou faithful care ouer me O al ye holy Sainctes of God which haue passed ouer the troubles and vexations of his exile and haue atained most happily to come to the porte of the celestial countrie I most humbly cal you vnto my protections helpe with your metites and praiers both now in the howre of my death Amen A Praier to be vsed at the begining of worke O Most glorious and indeuided Trinitie the Father Sonne and holie Ghost vvho art the onlie and euer lasting goodnes vvithout vvhom nothing may be parfecte I besech thee by thy almighty povver confirme streng then my memory by thy vvisdome lighten mine vnderstanding and by thy goodnes reforme and make perfect my vvill that this vvorke vvhich I now goe about may begin ende to thine honor glory to the help and confort of my neighbour and saluation of my soule the vvhich vvorke my selfe also body soule I humbly offer to thee Conuert me to thee o heauēly Artificer driue away the olde man with al his vicious inclinations and make me anew Create in me o Lord a cleane harte an vpright intention in this all other my vvorkes that both in me and them thy holy name may be glorified and thy B. vvil fulfilled An other to be vsed at the ende of worke TO thee o God be al praise which hast permitted me to acōplish this vvorke Graūt O Lord it may be to thee acceptable to me healthfull and to others profitable Not vnto vs o Lord not vnto vs but vnto thy holy name geue golrye Amen A Deuoute Meditation to procure Contrition and kindle the fyre of Douotion and feruore in Prayer VVritten by the Reuerent and Deuout Richard Roule Eremite at Hampoole VVHen thou preparest thy selfe to Praier desirest to haue therein Deuotion Seeke some connenient place free from noise and trouble that thou maiest haue ther some time of quiet vvithout disturbāce sit or kneele as thou thinkest moste conuenient Then be thou Emproure Kinge or Prince Lorde or Ladye or any other persone of vvhat state soeuer Consider vvell there is a God that hathe made thee of nothing to his ovvne Image and likenes and hath bestovved on thee my righte vvittes and Sences my limes all other features of bodye with manye greate giftes grace spiritual corporal As memory vnderstanding wil also strengthe bewtye comlye shape with worldly ease pleasures that diuers others vvant vvhich liue in great distresse and much anguishe of bodie minde All vvhich thou maiest daily see and behoulde before thee Thinke also hovv frayle and sinfull thou arte and vvithout the keeping of that good Lorde thou sholdest fall into al kind of sinne and iniquity through thine ovvne vvretchednes and frailtye And further thou maiest thinke as of thy selfe there is no more sinfull a creature then thou art and if thou haue any grace of good lyfe in liuing more vprightly then some others Consider it commeth of God not of thy selfe by him that grace is freely geuen thee Call also to mind how longe God hath suffered thee in thy sinns and how often he might haue punished thee with perpetual payne vvhere-as by offending him thou deseruedst it yet of his great mercie and goodnes hath he spared thee for the amendment of thy lyfe that thou myghtest aske mercye and loueinglie hath he abiden thee vntil thou vvoldst come vnto him leaue thy sinne and returne vnto good life For lothe he vvere to forsake or lose that by death he bought ful deere vvith bittter paynes and the price of his most precious Blood Also thou mayest yet further considder that because he vvold not lose thee he became Man and vvas borne of a Virgin he liued here in pouertie anguishe and tribulation al his life and after that death he vvold suffer to saue thee by his mercye and bye thee againe that vvas loste by sinne and folie In this manner or the like thou mayest consider of his great goodnes and benefites And for obtayning of more grace and deuotion in thy Prayers and to get thee compunction Behoulde here vvith the ghostlie Eye of thy Soule Christs pitious paynful Passion FIrste Imagin in thy harte that thou seest thy Lord taken of his enemies vvith many reproofs dispites brought before a Iudge falsly there accused of manie vvicked men and answered right nought but meekly sufred their wicked and reprochful wordes They were desirous to haue him deade but first to suffer paynes Behould then that good Lord chiuering quaking al his bodie naked boūd to a piller and aboute him standing wicked men voyde of al reason sore scourging his moste blessed bodie vvith out anie pitye See now how they sease not from theire furious strokes though they see him stande in his owne blood From the toppe of his head to the sole of his foote hole skin they leue none his fleshe they rese to the bone for werines of them slues they leue him almoste for dead Looke then aside vpon his blessed Mother see vvhat sorowe she maketh for her deere Sonne haue compassion of her paine vvhich lyeth there in a swoone Turne then again to thy Lord and see hovv rudelie they vnbynde him