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	scripture_n	6,970	5	5.7262	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76324	Truth made manifest: or, The dead man's testimony to the living Being a compendium of the last sayings, dying speeches, sentences, and expressions, of Captain William Bedlow; that pattern of love to his country. Who deceased at Bristol, the 20th. of August, 1680. Convincing all, both deluded Protestants, and wilfully-blinded Papists, of the realty of that late horrid plot; with his endeared caution both to his King and country, shewing the eminent danger that still threatens. With a sermon made upon this text, preached at his funeral by a reverend divine, Mr. Thomas Palmer.	Bedloe, William, 1650-1680.; Palmer, Thomas, b. ca. 1620. aut	1680 (1680)	Wing B1677B; ESTC R175525	6,321	19

●n purpose for him to fall over or to impose ●pon him things that does confound his Reason and stagger his Capacity as Rome ●gain holds in her Power of Transubstan●iation which is that the Priest has power ●y mumbling over a few Formal Prayers ●o turn a Wafer made of Wheat-flower ●nto the Corporal Body of our Blessed Lord ●ay and they go on farther to averr 't is ●he same Body that once was Nailed to the Cross and that by the same power Wine ●uch as is usually drank in Taverns is ●urned into the self same Blood that once was shed for the Redemption of the World With these and such like Fables they have ●ong deceived the Nations This I mention the rather because this our deceased Brother was once subject to the same Delusions till Heaven opened his Eyes by giving him Wisdom from above to discern their vain and Foolish ways and in abhorrance to their Black and Hellish Crimes to break the Chain of Superstition and get loose from those Bloody Philitians who endeavour'd to Sacrifice three Kingdoms and commit murders and Rapins under a pretended Zeal for to Propagate Religion which is quite contrary to Holy rules laid down in Scripture for our Learning for all the Apostles of Ald fought only with the Sword of the Spirit and not the Sword of Persecution and our Saviour himself commanded Peter to put up his Sword though drawn in his behalf saying Those that smite with the Sword shall perish with the Sword which Scripture has partly been fulfilled since the beginning of this late Hellish Plot For by the Sword of Iustice several of the Black Conspirators have justly fell for contriving their Dire Projects against the best of Kings which no doubt had took effect to the utter Ruin of himself and People had not Heavens providence prevented it by timely raising up such faithful discoverers as removed the Stumbling-blocks they had laid in all our ways amongst which this departed Gentleman Mr. William Bedlow was not the least 〈◊〉 Loyalty and free discovery to break the ●ockatrice's Egg that Hell and Rome had ●●ng sat Brooding on and laid their Horrid ●urthers and secret Villanies quite open to ●●e world and encouraged by that power which ●●st Inspired him to Reveal the Dark Designs the Scarlet Beast that long time has De●●ived the Nations He staggered not but as faithful Witness to the last affirmed his ●estimony to be Iust and True nor could be ●●ken neither with Bribes nor Threats scorn●●g the former with disdain and smiling at the ●●tter as knowing that Heaven would defend ●●m from their snarling rage till his appointed ●●me was come At which he made a Pious ●●d Christian-like end repenting him of no●●●ng more then of having spent so much of 〈◊〉 days in Romish Superstitions and Idol●●ry yet Praying for his Foes wishing that ●od would turn their hearts that they might their Errors and repent the Evil they ended not only to him but against the King 〈◊〉 Kingdom And so Commending his Spi●●● into the Hands of his Eternal Redeemer 〈◊〉 Great God of Souls and Everlasting ●●ince of Life he yielded up the Ghost and 〈◊〉 no doubt is happy let the Papists ●nsure as they please by his former actions the thoughts of which made me chuse purposely this Text to let them understand tha● it is the Repentance though late wil● find acceptance with God and that he wh● came into the Vineyard at the Elevent● Hour of the day received as much as h● who had born the Heat And thus much ma● suffice for this occasion Now to the God of all Glory and Power be Honour praise Might Majesty an● Dominion henceforth and for evermore Blessed are the Dead which Dye in th● Lord they rest from their Labours an● their Works do follow them FINIS