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	holy_a	scripture_n	6,955	5	5.9774	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66051	Mercvry, or, The secret and svvift messenger shewing, how a man may with privacy and speed communicate his thoughts to a friend at any distance.	Wilkins, John, 1614-1672.; Kinnaston, Francis, Sir, 1587-1642.	1641 (1641)	Wing W2202; ESTC R1665	56,355	185

our affaires and shall without hauing any further helpe endure the siege In which clause the letters of the second Alphabet are onely significant expressing this inward sence Wee perish with hunger helpe us But because the differences betwixt these two Alphabets may seeme more easily discoverable since they are both generally of the same kind the letters of the second being all of them more round and full then the other Therefore for their better secrecy in this particular it were safer to mixe them both by compact that they might not in themselves be distinguishable Now if this kind of writing be mixed with the latter way of Secrecy by two letters transposed through five places Wee may then write omnia per omnia which as a learned man speakes is the highest degree of this Cyphering For supposing each letter of the first Alphabet to bee instead of the letter A● and those of the other for B wee may easily inscribe any secret sence in any ordinary letter onely by a quintuple proportion of the writing infolding to the writing infoulded As for example All things do happen according to our desires the particulars you shall vnderstand when wee meete at the appointed time and place of which you must not faile by any means The success of our affairs dos much depend vpon the meeting that wee have agreed vpon The involved meaning of which clause is this Fly for we are discovered I am forced to write this If you suppose each letter of the first Alphabet to be instead of A and those of the second for B then wil the former clause be equivalent to this following description F Aabab l ababa y babba f aabab o abbab r baaaa w babaa e aabaa e aabaa a aaaaa r baaaa e aabaa d aaabb i abaaa s baaab c aaaba o abbab v baabb e aabaa r baaaa e aabaa d aaabb I abaaa a aaaaa m ababb f aabab o abbab r baaaa c aaaba e aabaa d aaabb t baaba o abbab w babaa r baaaa i abaaa t baaba e aabaa t baaba h aabbb i abaaa s. baaab This way of secrecy may be serviceable for such occasions as these Suppose a man were taken captive he may by this meanes discover to his friends the secrets of the enemies Camp under the outward forme of a letter perswading them to yield Or suppose such a man were forced by his owne hand writing to betray his cause and party though the words of it in common appe●rance m●y expresse what the enemie do's desire yet the involved meaning which shall be legible onely to his confederates may containe any thing else which he ha's a mind to discover to them As in the former example But now if there be a threefold Alphabet as is easie to contrive then the inward writing will beare unto the outward but a triple proportion which will be much more convenient for inlarging of the private intimations And this way of writing is justly to be preferred before any of the other as contavning in it more eminently all those conditions that are desirable in such kind of inventions As 1. 'T is not very laborious either to write or reade 2. 'T is very difficult to be decyphered by the enemie 3. 'T is voyd of suspition But by the way 't is to be generally observed that the mixture of divers kinds of secret writing together as suppose this with the key-character will make the inward sence to be much more intricate and perplexed CHAP. 10. Of writing any secret sense by fewer letters then are required to the words of it The use of this amongst the Iews and Romans AS the sense may be obscured by writing it with more letters then are required to the words of it so likewise by fewer Abbreviations have beene anciently used in all the learned languages especially in common forms and phrases of frequent use Somtimes by contracting words when some parts of them did stand for the whole So in the Hebrew {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} for {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} et totumillud which is all one with our et caetera c. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} for {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Secundum dicere equivalent to our viz. or v. g. verbi gratia So likewise in the Greek {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} for {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} and {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} for {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} And in the Latin D ns for Dominus aa for Anima and the like But these were rather for the speed of writing then the Secrecie Somtimes words were expressed only by their first letters Thus did the Jews write all their memorialls and common forms which are largely handled by Buxiorfe Hence was it that their Captain Iudas had his name of Maccaby For being to fight against Antiochus he gave that saying for his watchword Ex. 15. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Who is like unto thee O Lord amongst the Gods inscribing in his ensignes the capitall letters of it {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Macabi Whereupon after the victory the Souldiers styled their Captaine by that name 'T is observed by the Rabbies that many grand mysteries are this way implied in the words of Scripture Thus where it is said Psalm 3. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Many rise up against me 't is interpreted from the severall letters Resh the Romans Beth the Babylonians Iod the Jonians or Grecians Mem the Medes Answerable unto which that place in Gen. 49. 10. speaking of Shilo unto whom {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} the gathering of the people shall be is by another Rabbie applied to the Jews Christians Heathens and Turks Upon these grounds likewise is that argument to prove the Trinity from the first verse of Genesis {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} The word {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Elohim being of the plurall number is thought to be that divine name which denoteth the persons of the Deitie which persons are more particularly intimated in the letters of the verbe {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} that answers unto it {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Beth being put for {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} the Son {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Resh for {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} the Holy Ghost {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Aleph for {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} the Father And if you will beleeve the Jews the Holy spirit hath purposely involved in the words of Scripture every secret that belongs to any Art or Science under such Cabalisms as these And if a man were but expert in unfolding of them it were easie for him to get as much knowledge as Adam had in his innocencie