Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	body_n	hand_n	soul_n	5,719	5	5.1086	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60518	A letter from Mr. Richard Smith to Dr. Henry Hammond, concerning the sence of that article in the creed, He descended into hell, together with Dr. Hammond's answer.	Smith, Richard, 1566-1655.; Hammond, Henry, 1605-1660.	1684 (1684)	Wing S4154; ESTC R2952	16,798	98

come_v then_o to_o that_o enquiry_n there_o have_v be_v three_o and_o now_o as_o by_o you_o it_o appear_v there_o be_v a_o four_o sense_n of_o it_o first_o that_o christ_n in_o his_o spirit_n go_v to_o the_o place_n of_o soul_n depart_v second_o that_o his_o animal_n soul_n descend_v into_o and_o continue_v in_o the_o state_n of_o the_o separation_n from_o the_o body_n three_o that_o hades_n signify_v the_o grave_a and_o so_o that_o descend_v thither_o be_v but_o a_o explication_n of_o his_o burial_n four_o that_o his_o soul_n descend_v from_o heaven_n into_o the_o grave_a and_o raise_v the_o body_n the_o first_o of_o these_o opinion_n be_v subdivide_v again_o some_o make_v the_o place_n to_o be_v hell_n or_o the_o place_n of_o the_o damn_a and_o mr._n broughton_n contend_v against_o bishop_n bilson_n that_o it_o be_v paradise_n and_o durand_n interpret_n the_o descend_v only_o of_o a_o virtual_a motion_n and_o the_o efficacy_n of_o his_o death_n to_o the_o soul_n detain_v there_o 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a_o place_n so_o it_o be_v the_o common_a place_n of_o the_o dead_a or_o soul_n depart_v and_o not_o any_o impalement_n of_o those_o either_o to_o torment_n or_o bliss_n let_v it_o be_v take_v for_o the_o common_a place_n of_o soul_n not_o limit_v either_o to_o that_o on_o one_o side_n which_o we_o call_v heaven_n or_o what_o we_o call_v hell_n on_o the_o other_o or_o any_o three_o middle_a place_n but_o indefinite_o for_o the_o place_n of_o soul_n i.e._n of_o all_o soul_n depart_v wheresoever_o they_o be_v and_o then_o it_o will_v be_v hardly_o intelligible_a how_o this_o differ_v from_o a_o state_n for_o place_n proper_o so_o call_v it_o can_v be_v that_o notion_n belong_v to_o circumscription_n or_o definition_n and_o as_o circumscription_n be_v only_o of_o body_n so_o definition_n which_o be_v of_o soul_n will_v not_o be_v commodious_o attribute_v to_o a_o indefinite_a i._n e._n the_o common_a place_n of_o soul_n but_o some_o one_o place_n be_v it_o heaven_n or_o hell_n or_o a_o three_o and_o then_o take_v it_o for_o a_o place_n only_o improper_o that_o be_v all_o one_o with_o that_o which_o i_o call_v a_o state_n this_o i_o say_v because_o against_o the_o interpret_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o state_n of_o the_o dead_a i_o see_v it_o press_v by_o a_o very_a learned_a man_n of_o our_o church_n that_o among_o heathen_a author_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d always_o signify_v a_o place_n and_o this_o evidence_n bring_v for_o it_o because_o they_o that_o kill_v themselves_o &_o c._n and_o so_o be_v dead_a and_o the_o soul_n in_o the_o state_n of_o the_o dead_a be_v yet_o by_o the_o heathen_n believe_v not_o to_o be_v admit_v into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o from_o their_o writer_n be_v full_o testify_v but_o to_o this_o i_o answer_v that_o make_v no_o question_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o observation_n i_o think_v it_o perfect_o reconcileable_a with_o my_o notion_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o a_o state_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v equivalent_a to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v not_o only_o the_o estate_n of_o death_n but_o of_o disappear_v and_o then_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d those_o that_o die_v untimely_a be_v by_o the_o heathen_n suppose_v to_o walk_v and_o appear_v and_o so_o of_o those_o who_o body_n be_v unbury_v they_o can_v not_o say_v of_o they_o that_o they_o be_v in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o of_o all_o other_o which_o disappear_v be_v affirm_v by_o they_o which_o be_v equal_o true_a and_o applicable_a whether_o to_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o place_n or_o state_n for_o i_o deny_v not_o that_o in_o their_o opinion_n the_o soul_n of_o one_o unburied_a be_v in_o the_o state_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d though_o he_o be_v in_o state_n of_o death_n and_o both_o of_o they_o be_v denote_v say_v i_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o i_o interpret_v that_o a_o state_n the_o argument_n be_v of_o no_o force_n against_o i_o who_o mean_v that_o very_o same_o thing_n by_o the_o state_n of_o the_o dead_a which_o they_o mean_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o they_o deny_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o descend_v or_o to_o be_v admit_v thither_o in_o like_a manner_n when_o they_o say_v that_o christ_n by_o his_o spirit_n or_o humane_a rational_a soul_n descend_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o i_o that_o the_o animal_n soul_n thus_o descend_v i_o suppose_v those_o two_o to_o contain_v no_o real_a difference_n as_o to_o this_o matter_n of_o the_o descent_n for_o i_o use_v this_o phrase_n because_o it_o be_v by_o the_o animal_n soul_n in_o proper_a speak_n that_o any_o one_o life_n and_o that_o be_v common_a to_o man_n with_o all_o other_o animal_n and_o yet_o in_o a_o man_n this_o be_v not_o improper_o call_v spirit_n also_o as_o breath_n and_o life_n be_v all_o one_o man_v become_v a_o live_a soul_n be_v a_o immediate_a consequent_a of_o god_n breathe_v into_o his_o nostril_n the_o breath_n of_o life_n gen._n 2._o 7._o but_o because_o there_o be_v another_o notion_n of_o spirit_n for_o the_o upper_a immortal_a soul_n which_o pass_v not_o into_o the_o condition_n of_o death_n but_o be_v by_o christ_n commit_v into_o his_o father_n hand_n in_o respect_n of_o which_o i_o suppose_v it_o be_v that_o the_o thief_n receive_v promise_v to_o be_v with_o he_o that_o day_n in_o paradise_n the_o thief_n be_v immortal_a soul_n with_o christ_n immortal_a humane_a soul_n and_o that_o distinguish_v from_o the_o live_a soul_n as_o both_o from_o the_o body_n in_o

settingdown_a the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o whole_a of_o we_o 23._o 1_o thes_n 5._o 23._o therefore_o i_o choose_v rather_o to_o say_v the_o animal_n soul_n for_o distinctness_n sake_n but_o mean_v the_o same_o that_o they_o mean_v who_o either_o say_v soul_n simple_o or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d spirit_n in_o the_o notion_n wherein_o we_o render_v it_o ghost_n 50._o matth._n 27._o 50._o where_o it_o be_v say_v of_o christ_n he_o yield_v up_o the_o ghost_n which_o proceed_v not_o on_o such_o a_o critical_a distinction_n of_o ghost_n from_o soul_n as_o that_o place_n to_o the_o thessaly_n do_v to_o either_o of_o these_o equal_o belong_v the_o force_n of_o a_o argument_n late_o make_v use_n of_o by_o learned_a mr._n pearson_n on_o the_o creed_n page_n 480._o to_o prove_v that_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o article_n be_v the_o motion_n or_o translation_n of_o christ_n soul_n to_o the_o place_n of_o soul_n the_o argument_n be_v take_v from_o a_o opposition_n which_o the_o father_n be_v make_v to_o the_o heresy_n of_o the_o apollinarian_o which_o consist_v in_o this_o that_o christ_n take_v on_o he_o our_o humane_a flesh_n without_o the_o humane_a soul_n his_o deity_n supply_v the_o place_n of_o that_o which_o error_n of_o they_o the_o father_n refute_v by_o this_o that_o in_o his_o death_n his_o soul_n be_v separate_v from_o the_o body_n in_o respect_n whereof_o he_o go_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o heresy_n of_o they_o equal_o deprive_v christ_n of_o the_o rational_a intellectual_a and_o of_o the_o animal_n soul_n teach_v that_o his_o flesh_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o soul_n and_o without_o mind_n and_o so_o the_o father_n argument_n against_o they_o found_v in_o christ_n descent_n to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v of_o equal_a force_n whether_o it_o be_v in_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mind_n or_o soul_n that_o he_o descend_v their_o heresy_n belong_v to_o both_o that_o be_v indeed_o to_o that_o soul_n by_o which_o he_o exercise_v all_o the_o act_n both_o of_o life_n and_o reason_n when_o it_o be_v in_o the_o body_n and_o by_o separation_n of_o which_o from_o the_o body_n he_o be_v true_o dead_a his_o soul_n depart_v to_o the_o condition_n or_o habitation_n of_o soul_n as_o his_o body_n be_v lay_v up_o in_o the_o grave_a have_v thus_o far_o explicate_v this_o opinion_n to_o which_o i_o adhere_v and_o in_o do_v so_o adhere_v to_o that_o other_o abstract_v from_o all_o consideration_n of_o the_o end_n which_o have_v always_o be_v account_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n ordinary_o style_v the_o local_a descent_n i_o shall_v not_o need_v any_o far_a to_o confirm_v it_o have_v large_o do_v it_o in_o the_o practical_a catechism_n l._n 5._o sect._n 2._o page_n 288._o etc._n etc._n than_o by_o reflect_v on_o the_o exact_a propriety_n this_o bear_v both_o with_o the_o order_n and_o contexture_n of_o the_o creed_n and_o with_o that_o one_o eminent_a text_n cite_v by_o the_o apostle_n from_o the_o psalmist_n 31._o wherein_o beyond_o all_o other_o text_n this_o article_n be_v undoubted_o found_v 10._o for_o in_o the_o creed_n after_o his_o crucifixion_n and_o remain_v so_o long_o on_o the_o cross_n till_o he_o be_v dead_a commend_v his_o spirit_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o father_n it_o follow_v his_o body_n be_v inter_v and_o his_o soul_n in_o separation_n of_o which_o from_o his_o body_n the_o reality_n of_o his_o death_n consist_v descend_v depart_v into_o the_o common_a place_n habitation_n state_n condition_n of_o the_o dead_a hover_v not_o above_o the_o grave_a as_o the_o heathen_a fancy_v of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d undergo_v the_o very_a same_o fate_n that_o the_o soul_n of_o all_o other_o dead_a man_n do_v and_o so_o continue_v till_o the_o three_o day_n and_o then_o he_o rise_v again_o and_o lest_o it_o shall_v be_v suggest_v as_o i_o see_v it_o be_v 476._o that_o take_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o state_n of_o the_o dead_a descend_v to_o that_o shall_v signify_v no_o more_o than_o to_o be_v dead_a i_o answer_v that_o if_o this_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v the_o utmost_a that_o the_o word_n by_o their_o own_o force_n do_v signify_v as_o when_o jacob_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o shall_v descend_v to_o hades_n it_o be_v acknowledge_v it_o do_v yet_o the_o position_n in_o the_o creed_n will_v assist_v it_o to_o signify_v thus_o much_o more_o for_o if_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o state_n or_o condition_n or_o habitation_n or_o place_n though_o but_o improper_o so_o call_v yet_o descend_v to_o hades_n be_v immediate_o attend_v with_o the_o three_o day_n he_o rise_v again_o from_o the_o dead_a this_o must_n in_o all_o reason_n extend_v the_o act_n of_o die_v to_o a_o duration_n and_o that_o duration_n or_o space_n of_o continuance_n among_o the_o dead_a as_o far_o as_o to_o the_o three_o day_n else_o there_o will_v be_v which_o be_v not_o to_o 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