Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	apostle_n	church_n	holy_a	6,886	5	5.0568	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09000	The life off the 70. Archbishopp off Canterbury presentlye sittinge Englished, and to be added to the 69. lately sett forth in Latin. This numbre off seuenty is so compleat a number as it is great pitie ther shold be one more: but that as Augustin was the first, so Mathew might be the last	Stubbes, John, 1543-1591, attributed name.; Joscelyn, John, 1529-1603, attributed name.	1574 (1574)	STC 19292A; ESTC S114022	30,512	96

Augustine for he made this Church Apostatare as they call yt fynding Religion here more sincere and Christian then he lefte it hauinge broughte in nothinge but vniformitie in singinge syttinge and such other semely orders off Rome and then descendinge in a rowe to all his successors in that sea or rather arme off the mayne sea off Rome euen to him that presently sites and takes his case therin Whearin who so euer will but consume a litell tyme shall finde that to sett forth thantiquitie off the sincere knowledge off Iesus Christe and the first preachinge theroff in this lande thoughe it bee firste in title yet is it leaste and laste in treatie sett rather for a commendation to the boke then that it was in any recommendacion to the author yea vsed only for a pretence and color to insinuate into the magnifienge off that magnificall seign●orie and Archipiscopall territorie off Canterburye and by all means possible to van●e the preheminece and supereminence off that princly Archpastor and pastorall Archprince the firste father and Peter as I maye saye off which succession he maketh that superstitious monke and wicked man Romishe Austen Who as he obtruded him selfe vniuersall Archbishoppe to all England and wan it not by the worde and spirite but by the sworde and bloude for he was the fyrebrand off a fraye whearin one and twentye hundreth monkes good men as good men went in those daies and in comparison off him in deed holy saintes besides other men off warre were all innocently slayne and murdered only because they refused to submitt their neckes to his Archiepiscopall yoke which they sawe him so ambitiously seeke so he the same Austen hauinge thus gotten by conquest this vniuersall vicepapaci ouer England because his procedinges shulde bee like his entrie with like apostolike humilitie and meeknes he iusteled for a place whear to fasten his chayre and by plaine wronge as wronge maye bee saide betwene wrongdoers wrange from the Archbishoppe off London for ther had been before the Archiepiscopall sea as allso saieth that boke all Archiepiscopall iurisdictiō pall and crosse cum pertinentijs and contrary euen to the pope his holy fathers commandement translated the same to canterburye Whear it was sette and settled to haue and to hold● to him and to his successors there 〈◊〉 vnder paine off the great excom●●●●cation and many a blacke curse th●●dred by diuers popes after which a●●ther recited for the greater terror 〈◊〉 them that should at any tyme attempte againste that holy sacred sea And because yt might not seeme to bee placed there lyghlye nor without the consente off the godes or decree off the destinies hee reciteth once or twise a profound va●●cination off Prophet Merline a worthye Prophet for su●●e a churche and his Propheticall woordes are pointed out in great capital letters Dignitas London●e adorna●● Doroberniam that as the churche off God hath her holy Aposteles and longe before Prophetes Proph●cynge by the 〈◊〉 off God and hath them for foundations so allso that degenerate church might bee founded in her proude and nothinge lesse then Apostle Augustine and established by suche coniuringe witches and coleprophetes seduced by the lyinge spyrite as was Merline The tree off this succession norished with the sape off the crabstocke whearon it was vnhappely graffed not vnlike to the manner off conquerers and tyrans sought by all meanes to aduaunce and enlarge this ther newlye wonne domination For they deuoured vpp quite an Archbischoprike off wales and drowned it in the botomlesse sea off Canterbury Somwhat they strained at the vnderbishoprikes ther making a conscience to swallowe suche gnates and therfore off ther great Good grace were contente they should not vtterly lose their beinge but remaine to encrease the number off ther subiectes By which shamfull struglinge they obtained to sit vppon ther fellowe Archbishoppe off yorke and to tread vppon the reste theire brother bishoppes in Englande And hauinge thus preuayled in England and conquered for so he termeth yt yorke whome he could neither beare superiore with pompey nor suffer aequal withe Caesar For he plainly chalengeth a superioritie and fealtie off him Then boasteth he what a motherlie estimation it reteyned with the churches in Scottland euen then when he knoweth no milke was to bee sucked from her but poison From Scotland he takes shippinge and popelike steppes ouer into Ireland and thence ouer againe into fraunce Gasconie Normandie Aquetaine and ther saieth he it ouercame all the churches in Iurisdiction allso Iff this bee to watch ouer one prouīce in a realme like an Archbishope and not rather aspiringlye to affect a popedome ouer many realmes iudge ye It wil be no aunswear to saye that the kinge off England beinge then soueraigne off Ireland and fraunce in possession might aswell apoint one Archbisshope ouer all those regions as ouer Ingland or on prouince therin for iff the Archbishopes nose must bee so longe and that he must haue suche elbowe Rome then lett vs hear what the Pope who is next aboue the Archbishope will saye Surely he will singe the very same songe for him selfe The emperour off Rome soueraigne ouer all thes partes off the worlde made me generall Bishoppe aboue my bretherne But this Argument and suche like is the principall content off those two or thre and twenty leaues yea off that ●itle which he entreareth in those fewe first leaues De antiquitate Britannicae Ecclesi●● the very firste chapter sheweth what is the chiefe subiecte For the title off ●hat firste chapiter beinge De v●tustate Britannicae Ecclesiae testimonia ▪ the very f●rst wordes being ●ractaturi de Cantuariensibus Archiepiscopis and the last chapter off thes few leaues a description off the towne off Canterburye who seeth not that neither in begininge middest nor end he cou●d dissemble his meaninge and that thauncientye off thenglishe Church is but a vizard for that wormeatē Church of Caunterbury to maske vnder the bolder to boast hir off her louers and to whisper such vncleanly speeches as she durst not haue vttered barefaced impudent thoughe she be and past all grace Elles durst she not affirme in tempore praesenti that Archiepiscopi Cantuariens authoritas no 〈…〉 definitis Archiepiscopalis 〈…〉 iurisdictionis 〈◊〉 contin●tur s●d ordinarie l●bera 〈…〉 per sua 〈…〉 I wee●e this passeth the besides off the newe test●ment The processe off th●s● two or three 〈…〉 leaues is aunswerable to ●he beg●n●nge For a gr●at 〈◊〉 is spent in 〈◊〉 howe many tributary bishops 〈…〉 him and them be calleth 〈…〉 and their dioceses his entire p●ouince and but their seuerall parishes yea the Archbishoppe off yorke himse●f hath been and executed the p●a off a suffragane to the Archbishoppe off Canterbury at the consecration off an inferior Bishoppe An other great parte is in the honors 〈…〉 other Bishopps to ther Ar●● prelate of Cāterbury what big the place be hathe aboue the rest ●owe honorable a Rome it is to sit on his right hand