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	holy_a	lord_n	6,631	5	3.5276	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09545	The glasse of time, in the two first ages. Diuinely handled, by Thomas Peyton, of Lincolnes Inne, Gent	Peyton, Thomas, 1595-1626.	1620 (1620)	STC 19824; ESTC S114595	86,637	182

away be washt Yet the Apostles instituted sure A sacred day a holy Rest and pure The Church of God they planted well and watred And but the day they onely chang'd and altred In which the flocke they traind along and fed them As God aboue in 's holy Spirit led them And euer since the Christians kept that day To heare the word to come to Church and pray For God is good and wil be mockt of none His glorious face the Saints behold alone Paul the Apostle that was after cald When Iesus Christ was in th' heauens instald 1. Cor. 16. 13. Heb. 4. 9. Both with the word and holy Spirit annointed The Christian Sabaoth in Gods Church appointed To meete together heare his voyce diuine The Scriptures search to trace them line by line To preach and pray to lay vp for the poore For all the Saints to open wide the doore That sweete Disciple whom the Lord of life Ioh. 21. 7. 20. 33. More dearely loued then any faithfull wife Which euer yet vpon the earth was bred Could seeme to shew vnto her spouse and head The last of all more louing then the rest Which lean'd at suppervpon Christ his brest And stayd behind his holy Church to guide His fellowes thought he should haue neuer dide When by Domitians spightfull cruell word Vit. Sanct. Ore all the world hot persecution stir'd Though often times before he had scap'd the pawes Of barbarous Tyrants and their cursed Lawes Liu'd still secure as not afraid of fire Sword famine murder in their diuellish ire Yet at the length at his most damn'd command Againe he 's caught subiected to their hand And in a Tun of hot and scalding Oyle He hurles his body ore the fire to boyle But seeing that could do no good at all Worse then a Diuell most treacherously doth fall To stratagems inhumane actions vile To banish him in Pathmos wandring Ile Mongst sauage beasts which lurke in euery bowre With open mouth his body to deuoure Where solitary in that vnked place Christ Iesus shewd his glorious burnisht face Reu. 1. 9. 10. 11. 13. 14. Whose feete like Brasse and eyes as flames of fire Rauisht Iohns spirit made his soule admire To see the Lord which for our sins late dy'd His Christian Sabaoth from the Iewes diuide By that all powerfull sharpe two edged sword His glorious holy milde Maiesticke word His owne example to th' Apostles all That on this day was euer seene to call To come amongst them and to shew his face To distribute his goodnes and his grace This great Apostle to heauens potent Prince The Lords day he hath cald it euer since T is writ i' th' Hebrews if the law be ceast That to Gods people there remaines a Rest Heb. 4 9. From sin to cease his holy name to praise Together flocke our meditations raise Aboue the clouds to that commanding king Which out of darknes did our sences bring Disperst the Truth and by his sacred might Plac'd all our thoughts w'thin the Gospels light O let it neuer sinke within my brest That to Gods people should remaine no Rest But toyle and trauell painfull worke alway And Hoddy Loddy Topsie Turuy play T is true they say that Constantine the Great First Emperour of all the Christian Seate A learned wise religious Councell cald First Nicene Counsell Himselfe amongst them in his Robes instald An Order set abuses foule corrected Reform'd the Church which Arrians infected Establisht Peace ador'd the Royall Law Made Penalties to keepe them more in awe Iam. 2. 8. And by his power as head of all the Earth Christs gouernment was now but in her birth According to the word and Scriptures pure Confirm'd our Sabaoth euer to endure In euery Age since first the world was made God shew'd his iudgements on those men which wade Beyond the Truth prophanely still deuise To breake his Rest and publish wicked lies As for example though I could produce A multitude that none might plead excuse Before his Iustice at that dreadfull barre For leading others in a maze so farre And yet of them but three in all I le cite As fitting to the times wherein I write To shew how God hath euer hated curst The very place that Sabaoth breakers nurst The ancient Iewes which in Arabia walked Exod. 13. 16. Before the Law when God with Moses talked And bad him warne the people all that none Should dare to gather euery one alone More then a Omer of that blessed food Which fell from heauen vnto their soueraigne good And in the day before the Sabaoths rest Two Omers full as is before exprest Should then be gathered rosted bak'd and sod But in the rest minde nothing else but God How hath that food releeu'd the lingring mind Of those his people whom true loue did bind In awfull feare diuinely wondrous fed And onely in the light of nature led Those which abusde his sacred Rest and grace How did it then infect the aire and place With putrifaction loathsome deadly ranke In noy some manner ore the earth it stanke Vntill such time that God aboue did please To cleare the aire and send them better ease Causde all that was so lewd prophanely got To wast dissolue consume away and rot The next example of his iudgements great Was in those daies that Babylon did beate The chosen people and the holy Nation Ier. 17 21. to the last With such a scourge as since the worlds foundation Was neuer heard as yet in any land To feele the weight of his most heauy hand For prophanation of his sacred Day In carrying burdens toyling worke and play In reuell rout and such phantasticke sport Eu'n from the greater to the meaner sort All run from Church to damn'd offences foule Neglecting still the danger of their soule But God aboue although he often mand Their chosen Hoast by his victorious hand Brought them from Aegypt through the red seas waue When mighty Neptune fomes aloft and raues And in despight of enuious Fortunes fate Great powerfull riuals and their deadly hate Led them at length with al their ventrous hoast And plast their feete vpon the promist coast Yet for their foule abusing of his rest In all those things which are aboue exprest He sends the Plague pale Famine Sword and Fire Ier. 52. 67 Fowre furious foes to execute his Ire Raz'd downe their walls their temple desolated Their City sack't and Land depopulated That for the space of threescore yeeres and ten It lay vntild and had her rest as then O holy God was euer thing more plaine Then these thy iudgements on thy flock againe 2. Chr. 36. 21 Vpon thy land what stony heart but feares To giue them now a Sabbaoth iust of yeares For all their foule abuses wicked lewd As in my worke shall more at large be shew'd The third example of his wrathfull frowne Was lately shew'd vpon Geneua towne The Imperiall goodly