Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	believe_v	faith_n	know_v	6,721	5	4.2859	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00777	Diseases of the soule a discourse diuine, morall, and physicall. By Tho. Adams.	Adams, Thomas, fl. 1612-1653.	1616 (1616)	STC 109; ESTC S100388	50,627	84

palsey for that takes away motion and this giues too much though not so proper and kindly This spirituall disease is a cowardly fearefulnesse and a distrustfull suspicion both of actions and men He dares not vndertake for feare of hee knowes not what he dares not trust for suspicion of his owne reflection dishonestie Cause THis euill in the body is caused generally through the weaknesse of the sinewes or of the cold temperature of nature or accidentally of cold drinke taken in Feuers Old age and feare are not seldome causes of it This spirituall palsey ariseth either from the weaknesse of zeale and want of that kindly heate to be affected to Gods glory or from consciousnesse of selfe-corruption therby measuring others The first is Fearefulnesse the second Distrustfulnesse Signes and Symptomes THe Signes of the palsey are manifest of this not very close and reserued He conceiues what is good to be done but fancies difficulties and dangers like to knots in a bul-rush or rubbes in a smooth way Hee would bowle well at the marke of Integrity if he durst venture it Hee hath no iourney to goe but either there are bugges or he imagines them Had he a pardon for his brother being in danger of death and a Hare should crosse him in the way he would no further though his brother hang'd for it He owes God some good will but he dares not shew it when a poore plaintiffe cals him for a witnesse hee dares not reueale the truth lest he offend the great aduersary He is a new Nicodemus and would steale to heauen if no body might see him He makes a good motion bad by his fearefulnesse and doubting and hee cals his trembling by the name of conscience Hee is like that Collier that passing thorow Smithfield and seeing some on the one side hanging he demaunds the cause answere was made for denying the Supremacie to King Henry on the other side some burning he askes the cause answered for denying the reall presence in the Sacrament some quoth he hang'd for Papistry and some burn'd for Protestancie then hoyte on a Gods name I hill bee ne're nother His Religion is primarily his Princes subordinately his Land-lords Neither deliberates he more to take a new religion to rise by it then he feares to keepe his old lest he fall by it All his care is for a ne noceat Hee is a busie inquirer of all Parliament acts and quakes as they are read lest hee be found guilty He is sicke and afraide to dye yet holds the potion in a trembling hand and quakes to drinke his recouery His thoughts are an ill ballance and will neuer be equally poysed Hee is a light vessell and euery great mans puffe is ready to ouerturne him Whiles CHRIST stands on the battlements of heauen and beckens him thither by his word his heart answeres I would faine be there but that some troubles stand in my way He would ill with Peter walke to him on the pauement of the Sea or thrust out his hand with Moses to take vp a crawling Serpent or hazard the losse of himselfe to find his Sauiour His minde is euer in suspicion in suspension and dares not giue a confident determination either way Resolution and his hart are vtter enemies and all his Philosophy is to be a Sceptick Whether is worse to doe an euill action with resolution that it is good or a good action with dubitation that it is euill some body tell me I am sure neither is well for an euill deede is euill whatsoeuer the agent thinke and for the other Whatsoeuer is not of Faith is sinne Negatiuely this rule is certaine and infallible It is good to forbeare the doing of that which wee are not sure is lawfull to bee done Affirmatiuely the worke being good labour thy vnderstanding so to thinke it Feare rather then profit hath made him a flatterer and you may reade the statutes and his Land-lords disposition in the characters of his countenance A Souldier a Husband-man and a Marchant should be ventrous He would be Gods Husband-man and sow the seeds of obediēce but for obseruing the wind weather of great mens frowns He would be Gods factor but that he feares to lose by his Talent and therefore buries it He would be Gods souldiour but that the world and the diuell are two such shrewd and sore enemies He once began to prosecute a deed of charitie and because the euent crossed him he makes it a rule to do no more good by As he is fearefull of himselfe so distrustfull of others carrying his heart in his eyes his eyes in his hands as hee in the Comedy Oculatae mihi sunt manus credunt quod vident Hee knowes nothing by himselfe but euill and according to that rule measures others Hee would faine bee an Vsurer but that hee dares not trust the Law with waxe and paper He sweares damnably to the truth of that he affirms as fearing otherwise not to be beleeued because without that othing it he will credit none himself The bastardy of swearing lays on him the true fatherhood Hee will trust neither man nor God without a pawne not so much as his Taylor with the stuffe to make his clothes he must be a Broker or no neighbour Hee hath no faith for he beleeues nothing but what he knowes and knowledge nullifies beleefe If others laugh he imagines himselfe their ridiculous obiect if there bee any whispering conscius ipse sibi c. it must be of him without question If he goes to law he is the aduocates sprite and haunts him worse then his owne malus genius Hee is his owne Cater his owne Receiuer his owne Secretary and takes such paines as if necessitie forced him because all seruants hee thinks theeues He dares not trust his mony aboue ground for feare of men nor vnder ground for feare of rust When he throwes his censures at actions his lucke is still to goe out and so whiles he playeth with other mens credits he cousins himselfe of his owne His opinion lights vpon the worst sense still as the Fly that passeth the sound parts to fastē on a scab or a Dorre that ends his flight in a dunghil Without a Subpaena these timorous cowherds dare not to London for feare lest the citie aire should conspire to poison them where they are euer crying Lord haue mercie on vs when as Lord haue mercie on vs is the special thing they feared The ringing of bels tunes their hearts into melancholy and the very sight of a corps is almost enough to turne them into corpses On the Thames they dare not come because they haue heard some there drowned nor neere the Parliament-house because it was once in danger of blowing vp Home this Embleme of diffidence comes and there liues with distrust of others and dies in distrust of himselfe onely now finding death a certaine thing to trust to Cure THe Cure of this bodily shaking is much at