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	see_v	5,205	5	3.8267	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26561	Female pre-eminence, or, The dignity and excellency of that sex above the male an ingenious discourse / written orignally in Latine by Henry Cornelius Agrippa ... ; done into English with additional advantages by H. C.; Declamation de nobilitate et praecellentia foeminei sexus. English	Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, 1486?-1535.; Care, Henry, 1646-1688.	1670 (1670)	Wing A784; ESTC R14394	35,504	110

Example is a most pleasing Invitation where the eye is guided unto present action not the ear fed with fained speculation A lascivious Husband will make a wanton Wife a spend-thrift Husband an extravagant Wife and a modest honest carefull Husband a modest honest carefull Wife We should therefore take St. Austin's counsel and such as we would have our Wives appear unto us the same should we first approve our selves to them 'T is an impudent and impious fellow saith Seneca that requires of his Wife an undefiled Bed yet he himself defiles it For this reason as Diogenes struck the Father when the Boy swore because he had taught him no better so in some places the Husbands are punisht only for the faults of their Wives as in Catalonia whoever is Cuckolded payeth a summe of money and in Paris he rides in disgrace through the City the Cryer proclaiming these words before him So do so have from which our English Custome of Ridings is not much different Nor do these deplorable Consequences alwayes arise from any extream ill habit or disposition of either of the parties but from their indiscreet Conjuncture their Tempers disagreeing cause their Discord and their Humours being contrary are unfit for so close an union such jarring Notes can produce no harmony but rather dismal effects as a fiery Vapour inveloped in the arms of a cold Cloud breaks forth with amazing Flashes and terrible Thunderclaps A mature deliberation is requisite before such an eternal Bond be entred into The mutual Affection of each party the consent of Parents the approbation of Friends the tryal of Acquaintance the special observation of Disposition Genius Kindred Education and Behaviour ought seriously to be weigh'd before one conclude for better for worse and tye that Gordian knot which cannot be loosed till death cuts it Now then if a Man make his Choice with these due respects his Marriage cannot but prove a merry Age and be crown'd with joy and felicity because he is guided by Prudence which never faileth her followers But if not he may well be stiled a Fool since he is hurried on with passion and a giddy fancy which easily impoison the best designs He therefore that is truely wise cannot but choose a vertuous Wife and by consequence live happily with her and if any take one that proves vitious it argues his own folly and so by good reason he ought patiently and without repining to endure her as the effect of his own Inconsiderateness and not to aggrandize his misfortune by quarrelling with his own Choice Besides as the Lion in the Fable reply'd to the Fellow upbraiding him with a Picture wherein was drawn a Man killing a Lion Were we Lions Painters you should see one Lion tearing a thousand Men. So had Women but the power of making Laws and writing Histories what Tragedies might they not justly have published of Mens unparalleld villany Amongst whom are daily found so many Murderers Theev●s Ravishers Forgers Fi●rers of Cities and Traytors who in the time of Joshua and King David robb'd in such vast multitudes that they march'd in a posture of War and made them Captains of their padding Bands a trick they have scarce forgot at this very day whence so many Prisons become crowded and so many Gibbets loaded with their Carkasses Whereas on the contrary to Women we owe the invention of all things usefull or beneficial to Mankind which may either adorn and enlighten our dark minds or relieve and accommodate the necessities of our frail bodies Hence both the Muses and the Graces are said to be Shee s and the Names of all Arts Sciences and Vertues are Feminine and drawn by Painters in the habit of Women Nor was there amongst all kinds of Idolaters ●●y so much celebrated for Learning and Prudence as those who paid their Adorations at the Altars of Female-Deities such being the veneration and esteem of this Sex of old that those three principal parts which Antiquity conceited to be all the World were Christned after the Names of Women one taking its Denomination from Asia the Nymph the other from Europa the Daughter of Agenor and the third from Lybia the Daughter of Epaphus which is also called Africa If we particularly take an impartial Survey of all kinds of Virtues and Excellencies we shall find that Women may in each without usurpation challenge the principal place If we look on Chastity 't was a Woman first vow'd Virginity to God If the gift of Prophesie be required Lactantius Eusebius and St. Austin can tell us with what a divine spirit the Sybils were inspired and holy Writ records Miriam the Sister of Moses and Jeremiah's Unkles Wife and no less than four Sisters Daughters of Philip all eminent Prophetesses If constancy and perseverance in virtue be regarded you will find Judith Ruth and Hester so gloriously celebrated by the holy Spirit Indirer of those sacred Volumes that the Books themselves retain their Names If a lively vigorous and stable faith be expected we shall see Men generally come short of Women The poor Widdow of Sarepta believed the Prophet Elias though the things he told her could not but to carnal reason appear in the shape of impossibilities Zacharias was reprehended for his Infidelity by the Angel and struck dumb but his Wife Elizabeth prophesies both with her womb and her voice and loudly celebrates the praises of the blessed Virgin-Mother saying Blessed ar● thou who hast believed the things which are said unto thee by the Lord. To omit the Samaritan Woman with whom Christ entertain'd Discourse at the Well and being satisfied with the more acceptable dainties of her stedfast faith refused the Apostles provision And that irresistable belief of the Woman of Cananaa and her who had the Issue of Blood who seem'd to storm Heaven and offer a welcome violence to their Saviour not to be put off with any denial Was not the faith and confession of Martha equal to that of Peter What a noble constancy of faith and resolution do we find in Mary Magdalen verifying that saying She to whom much was forgiven loved much For when the Priests and Jewes blinded with rage and ignorance Crucified that Messias whom they had so long passionately expected she stands weeping by the Cross a floud of tears flowing from her fair eyes to see those streams of blood and water trickle from his precious side Afterwards she brings spices and precious oyntments to embalm his body but missing it in the Tomb enquires of the supposed Gardiner and soon acknowledgeth him to be God goes with as much speed as 〈◊〉 to the Apostles and tells them her Lord is risen They all doubt the miracle or rather deride her narration as if 't were only some dream of her melancholly fancy but still her confidence continues and her faith remains unshaken even when all those Pillars of the Church seem'd weak and tottering What shall we say of holy Priscilla who instructed Apollo a person learned