Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n
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A93661
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A view of a printed book intituled Observations upon His Majesties late answers and expresses.
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Spelman, John, Sir, 1594-1643.
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1643
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Wing S4941; Thomason E245_22; ESTC R6700
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universality_n or_o body_n collect_v as_o he_o be_v head_n so_o be_v he_o in_o place_n power_n and_o dignity_n above_o the_o body_n politic_a or_o universality_n and_o not_o otherwise_o the_o head_n of_o any_o particular_a but_o as_o he_o be_v a_o part_n of_o that_o universality_n as_o out_o of_o the_o embryo_n say_v fortescue_n arise_v a_o body_n natural_a rule_v by_o one_o head_n even_o so_o of_o a_o multitude_n of_o people_n arise_v a_o kingdom_n which_o be_v a_o body_n mystical_a govern_v by_o one_o man_n as_o by_o its_o head_n as_o then_o in_o the_o natural_a body_n the_o head_n be_v improper_o say_v to_o be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o arm_n or_o of_o the_o leg_n but_o the_o head_n of_o the_o body_n so_o in_o truth_n must_v the_o king_n be_v make_v the_o head_n of_o the_o mystical_a body_n not_o of_o the_o particular_a member_n the_o king_n be_v but_o one_o head_n and_o therefore_o but_o of_o one_o body_n not_o then_o of_o the_o particular_n which_o be_v many_o body_n but_o of_o the_o universal_a one_o body_n there_o be_v a_o politic_a body_n which_o be_v the_o vniversalitas_fw-la angliâ—_z have_v this_o body_n politic_a no_o head_n or_o be_v the_o head_n inferior_a to_o its_o body_n and_o yet_o no_o monster_n the_o observator_fw-la will_v object_v that_o the_o political_a head_n must_v be_v sâ—bservient_n to_o its_o body_n for_o that_o it_o receive_v its_o first_o be_v and_o subsistence_n from_o the_o body_n we_o shall_v hereafter_o prove_v that_o the_o regal_a power_n have_v always_o its_o being_n from_o god_n though_o it_o be_v sometime_o with_o the_o people_n approbation_n and_o as_o the_o political_a head_n have_v its_o subsistence_n with_o the_o body_n and_o must_v be_v destroy_v by_o its_o dissolution_n so_o if_o you_o destroy_v the_o head_n or_o kingly_a power_n you_o destroy_v the_o kingdom_n and_o dissolve_v it_o into_o a_o chaos_n and_o confuse_a multitude_n nec_fw-la populus_fw-la acephatus_n say_v fortescue_n corpus_fw-la vocari_fw-la meretur_fw-la quiaut_fw-fr in_fw-la naturalibus_fw-la capite_fw-la detruâ—cato_fw-la residuum_fw-la non_fw-la corpus_fw-la sed_fw-la truncum_fw-la appellamus_fw-la sic_fw-la in_fw-la politicis_fw-la sine_fw-la capite_fw-la communit_fw-la as_o nullatenus_fw-la corporatur_fw-la but_o admit_v that_o in_o the_o body_n politic_a the_o head_n have_v its_o power_n and_o authority_n derive_v mere_o and_o sole_o out_o of_o the_o politic_a provision_n that_o radical_o and_o habitual_o be_v in_o the_o people_n to_o provide_v for_o its_o own_o safety_n and_o weal_n yet_o i_o can_v see_v how_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o therefore_o the_o regal_a power_n must_v be_v subservient_n and_o subject_n unto_o the_o people_n for_o as_o in_o the_o natural_a body_n the_o heart_n be_v primum_fw-la vivens_fw-la distribute_v blood_n and_o spirit_n unto_o all_o the_o member_n and_o give_v life_n and_o virtue_n unto_o the_o head_n itself_o yet_o must_v that_o and_o the_o whole_a body_n be_v subject_a unto_o the_o head_n which_o as_o supreme_a govern_v and_o direct_v the_o whole_a man_n a_o second_o kingly_a attribute_n be_v this_o that_o he_o be_v sponsâ—s_fw-la regni_fw-la and_o at_o his_o coronation_n wed_v with_o a_o ring_n unto_o the_o kingdom_n the_o observator_fw-la say_v this_o must_v be_v apply_v to_o subject_n take_v devisim_fw-la not_o conjunctim_fw-la otherwise_o as_o the_o wife_n be_v inferior_a to_o the_o husband_n so_o will_v the_o people_n be_v in_o politics_n to_o the_o king_n but_o in_o sadness_n be_v the_o king_n wed_v to_o the_o particular_a man_n and_o woman_n within_o this_o kingdom_n with_o beard_n and_o without_o i_o pray_v how_o many_o wife_n will_v he_o so_o have_v the_o observator_fw-la foresee_v the_o argument_n which_o may_v be_v draw_v from_o these_o and_o other_o attribute_n whereby_o prince_n be_v 〈◊〉_d god_n lord_n father_n etc._n etc._n and_o that_o therefore_o subject_n must_v stand_v by_o the_o same_o relation_n as_o creature_n servant_n child_n etc._n etc._n all_o which_o he_o will_v shift_v off_o by_o his_o misapply_a distinction_n of_o king_n be_v such_o singulis_fw-la but_o not_o universis_fw-la but_o indeed_o a_o king_n be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o father_n or_o pater_fw-la patriae_fw-la that_o be_v of_o the_o universality_n not_o of_o particular_a person_n and_o elsewhere_o the_o king_n be_v term_v a_o oeconomus_fw-la or_o paâ—eâ—familuis_fw-la which_o with_o no_o congruity_n can_v be_v say_v in_o respect_n of_o particular_n nor_o can_v the_o observator_fw-la satisfy_v any_o man_n consider_v that_o domestical_a government_n be_v the_o very_a image_n and_o model_n of_o sovereignty_n in_o a_o commonweal_n why_o child_n and_o servant_n may_v not_o as_o well_o use_v this_o distinction_n against_o their_o parent_n and_o master_n as_o subject_n against_o their_o sovereign_n for_o may_v it_o not_o be_v object_v though_o the_o father_n in_o relation_n to_o his_o child_n or_o a_o master_n of_o a_o family_n in_o relation_n to_o his_o servant_n be_v singulis_fw-la major_fw-la yet_o universis_fw-la minor_fw-la and_o therefore_o if_o all_o the_o son_n or_o servant_n hold_v together_o they_o may_v command_v their_o father_n or_o master_n or_o turn_v he_o out_o of_o door_n which_o be_v wise_o foresee_v by_o agesilaus_n when_o he_o return_v this_o answer_n to_o a_o citizen_n of_o sparta_n that_o desire_v a_o alteration_n of_o the_o government_n that_o kind_n of_o rule_n which_o a_o man_n will_v disdain_v in_o his_o own_o house_n be_v very_o unfit_a to_o govern_v great_a region_n by_o but_o the_o observator_fw-la will_v object_v that_o the_o relation_n hold_v not_o alike_o betwixt_o king_n and_o subject_n as_o between_o master_n and_o servant_n for_o that_o the_o master_n say_v he_o be_v more_o worthy_a than_o his_o servant_n and_o above_o they_o all_o but_o this_o hold_v not_o in_o relation_n betwixt_o a_o king_n and_o his_o subject_n why_o that_o be_v the_o question_n for_o proof_n whereof_o although_o he_o neither_o do_v or_o can_v allege_v any_o one_o authority_n yet_o to_o prove_v the_o contrary_a that_o the_o people_n neither_o conjunctim_fw-la nor_o divisim_fw-la and_o much_o less_o than_o representative_n be_v more_o worthy_a or_o above_o the_o king_n among_o many_o peruse_v these_o few_o bracton_n l._n 1._o cap._n 8._o omnis_fw-la quidem_fw-la sub_fw-la eo_fw-la rege_fw-la and_o ipse_fw-la sub_fw-la nullo_fw-la nisi_fw-la tantum_fw-la sub_fw-la alone_o deo_fw-la parem_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la in_fw-la regno_fw-la suo_fw-la quia_fw-la sic_fw-la amitteret_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la nam_fw-la par_fw-la in_fw-la parem_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la imperium_fw-la iten_fw-la nec_fw-la multò_fw-la fortiùs_fw-la superiorem_fw-la nec_fw-la potentiorem_fw-la habere_fw-la debet_fw-la quia_fw-la sic_fw-la esset_fw-la inferior_fw-la sibi_fw-la subditis_fw-la if_o he_o be_v tantum_fw-la sub_fw-la deo_fw-la then_o not_o under_o the_o people_n or_o their_o representative_n 19_o e._n 4._o 6._o if_o all_o the_o people_n in_o england_n will_v make_v a_o war_n yet_o if_o the_o king_n will_v not_o assent_v it_o can_v be_v say_v a_o war_n but_o the_o king_n alone_o may_v make_v siastico_fw-la a_o war_n or_o league_n be_v not_o the_o king_n in_o this_o above_o all_o the_o people_n in_o england_n 24._o h._n 8._o cap._n 12._o where_o by_o divers_a sundry_a old_a authentic_a history_n and_o chronicle_n it_o be_v manifest_o declare_v and_o express_v that_o this_o realm_n of_o england_n be_v a_o empire_n and_o so_o have_v be_v accept_v in_o the_o world_n govern_v by_o one_o supreme_a head_n and_o king_n have_v the_o dignity_n and_o royal_a estate_n of_o the_o imperial_a crown_n of_o the_o same_o unto_o who_o a_o body_n politic_a compact_n of_o all_o sort_n and_o degree_n of_o people_n be_v bind_v and_o owen_n to_o bear_v next_o to_o god_n a_o natural_a and_o humble_a obedience_n etc._n etc._n note_v the_o king_n the_o supreme_a head_n true_a say_v the_o observator_fw-la singulis_fw-la not_o universis_fw-la unto_o who_o a_o body_n politic_a compact_n of_o all_o sort_n be_v bind_v and_o owen_n next_o to_o god_n than_o no_o mediate_a underived_a majesty_n betwixt_o god_n and_o he_o a_o natural_a obedience_n that_o be_v due_a by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n or_o the_o divine_a law_n not_o only_o by_o the_o paction_n and_o agreement_n of_o politic_a nation_n 25._o â—â—_z 8._o 25._o h._n 8._o this_o your_o grace_n realm_n recognise_v no_o superior_a under_o god_n but_o only_o your_o grace_n by_o realm_n be_v mean_v either_o subject_n divisim_fw-la or_o conjunctiâ—_z if_o divisim_fw-la then_o no_o particular_a be_v subject_a to_o judge_n and_o justice_n nor_o to_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o in_o parliament_n but_o only_o to_o the_o king_n which_o be_v absurd_a if_o conjunctim_fw-la then_o be_v the_o king_n in_o the_o act_n recognize_v major_fw-la universis_fw-la camb._n eliz._n pag._n 39_o the_o queen_n explain_v the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n that_o she_o claim_v nothing_o thereby_o quam_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la coronam_fw-la angliae_fw-la jam_fw-la olim_fw-la jure_fw-la spectavit_fw-la scilicet_fw-la se_fw-la sub_fw-la deo_fw-la
be_v we_o not_o happy_a and_o content_v as_o they_o be_v sure_o we_o shall_v find_v no_o other_o cause_n of_o our_o present_a misery_n but_o that_o unquiet_a spirit_n within_o ourselves_o be_v we_o not_o possess_v with_o this_o unquiet_a spirit_n strong_a in_o its_o illusion_n vain_a and_o ridiculous_a fear_n can_v not_o have_v so_o far_o prevail_v with_o we_o who_o to_o affright_v the_o world_n have_v invent_v day_n by_o day_n those_o many_o plot_n of_o treason_n which_o experience_n have_v assure_v we_o to_o be_v all_o but_o vain_a or_o wicked_o invent_v what_o be_v it_o that_o carry_v on_o with_o fury_n and_o madness_n those_o disturber_n of_o church_n and_o state_n the_o brownist_n the_o anabaptist_n and_o those_o of_o the_o family_n be_v not_o this_o unquiet_a spirit_n that_o rage_v within_o their_o own_o breast_n this_o be_v that_o spirit_n with_o which_o some_o seditious_a preacher_n be_v themselves_o profess_v labour_v to_o infuse_v the_o same_o into_o their_o ignorant_a auditory_a with_o this_o seditious_a spirit_n some_o member_n find_v themselves_o to_o have_v be_v hurry_v on_o to_o the_o hazard_n of_o their_o life_n and_o fortune_n endeavour_v as_o much_o as_o they_o can_v to_o draw_v other_o into_o the_o same_o danger_n hope_v thereby_o to_o make_v the_o multitude_n of_o offender_n a_o refuge_n and_o safe_a guard_n for_o their_o own_o offence_n it_o be_v the_o desperate_a fury_n of_o this_o bloodthirsty_a spirit_n that_o reject_v all_o term_n of_o accommodation_n the_o way_n of_o peace_n it_o will_v not_o know_v o_o most_o unhappy_a england_n thou_o that_o for_o happiness_n stand_v so_o late_o in_o the_o envy_n of_o all_o europe_n shall_v now_o through_o the_o rage_a fury_n of_o this_o infernal_a spirit_n lie_v welter_v in_o thy_o own_o blood_n dead_a carcase_n shall_v be_v strowen_v up_o and_o down_o thy_o street_n the_o father_n divide_v against_o his_o own_o bowel_n brother_n against_o brother_n like_o the_o child_n of_o sadmus_n each_o slay_v and_o imbrue_v their_o hand_n in_o the_o other_o blood_n in_o this_o violent_a storm_n of_o intestine_a war_n who_o can_v promise_v to_o himself_o security_n of_o his_o fortune_n family_n or_o life_n in_o itself_o shall_v not_o we_o be_v all_o split_n upon_o the_o rock_n of_o self_n division_n or_o overwhelm_v with_o the_o stormy_a wind_n of_o foreign_a invasion_n unless_o with_o timely_a resistance_n we_o either_o cast_v out_o or_o destroy_v this_o unquiet_a spirit_n let_v we_o not_o deludâ—_z ourselves_o with_o imagination_n that_o to_o give_v way_n to_o its_o fury_n will_v be_v the_o short_a way_n to_o end_v our_o misery_n consider_v those_o that_o be_v in_o opposition_n to_o it_o consider_v the_o justness_n of_o their_o cause_n and_o you_o will_v not_o exact_v that_o they_o while_o there_o run_v but_o one_o drop_n of_o blood_n in_o their_o uâ—ines_n shall_v yield_v themselves_o to_o be_v trample_v on_o by_o the_o fury_n of_o their_o insult_a adversary_n betray_v their_o religion_n and_o liberty_n to_o the_o destroy_a anabaptist_n or_o when_o they_o shall_v be_v overbear_v and_o destroy_v do_v you_o that_o shall_v survive_v they_o expect_v to_o enjoy_v a_o calm_a after_o so_o bloody_a a_o tempest_n will_v there_o not_o arise_v dissension_n among_o yourselves_o you_o do_v not_o all_o sure_o conspire_v the_o same_o end_n who_o nevertheless_o infect_v by_o some_o few_o malignant_a spirit_n be_v unite_v in_o opposition_n to_o your_o sovereign_n of_o many_o of_o you_o i_o can_v but_o say_v o_o quam_fw-la honesta_fw-la voluntate_fw-la miseriâ—stis_fw-la yet_o be_v there_o not_o anabaptist_n brownist_n and_o other_o sectary_n abound_v among_o you_o and_o do_v not_o each_o aim_n at_o the_o establish_n of_o his_o own_o sect_n against_o all_o which_o you_o that_o be_v true_o protestant_n must_v oppose_v yourselves_o and_o so_o must_v engage_v yourselves_o in_o a_o second_o war_n as_o bloody_a as_o the_o former_a unless_o you_o will_v comply_v and_o suffâ—r_v yourselves_o to_o be_v carry_v on_o beyond_o your_o propose_a end_n of_o reformation_n which_o be_v a_o effect_n that_o often_o befall_v well-mind_a reformer_n when_o they_o at_o empt_v it_o by_o tumultuous_a force_n by_o some_o fury_n among_o they_o to_o be_v force_v on_o beyond_o their_o aim_n and_o intend_a scope_n these_o and_o many_o other_o misery_n will_v assure_o encountâ—r_n with_o you_o unless_o god_n shall_v please_v timely_a to_o unite_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o king_n and_o his_o parliament_n to_o the_o confusion_n of_o those_o sâ—ismaticall_a and_o seditious_a spirit_n who_o hope_v by_o abuse_v the_o good_a intention_n of_o thâ—se_o â—onourable_a house_n to_o establish_v their_o designâ—s_n in_o the_o destrâ—ction_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n if_o any_o harsh_a expression_n have_v fall_v from_o i_o in_o this_o discourse_n i_o desire_v they_o may_v be_v apply_v against_o the_o destroy_a pest_n and_o only_o against_o they_o if_o in_o the_o matter_n which_o the_o observator_fw-la have_v give_v occasion_n to_o treat_v of_o i_o have_v through_o error_n too_o strict_o limit_v the_o royal_a power_n or_o in_o aught_o derogate_a from_o the_o right_a and_o auâ—hority_n of_o the_o house_n of_o parliament_n i_o shall_v be_v most_o sorry_a for_o such_o my_o mistake_n and_o be_v ready_a to_o retract_v the_o same_o upon_o the_o first_o intimation_n it_o be_v necessary_a if_o i_o will_v say_v any_o thing_n against_o the_o observator_fw-la that_o i_o shall_v insist_v upon_o the_o action_n of_o the_o major_a part_n of_o the_o house_n in_o which_o whatsoever_o have_v be_v say_v be_v by_o way_n of_o proposal_n of_o my_o doubt_n rather_o than_o dogmatize_v any_o conclusion_n and_o that_o the_o observator_fw-la may_v not_o from_o hâ—nce_n have_v any_o occasion_n further_o to_o debate_n and_o bandy_v the_o principle_n of_o government_n which_o ought_v to_o remain_v sacred_a and_o untouched_a i_o shall_v abstract_a from_o thence_o in_o way_n of_o recapitulation_n such_o doubt_n as_o without_o examine_v the_o cause_n and_o origin_n of_o regal_a and_o parliamentary_a power_n be_v well_o satisfy_v will_v much_o settle_v my_o now_o scrupulous_a mind_n and_o will_v i_o think_v go_v far_o in_o satisfaction_n of_o many_o other_o they_o arise_v from_o consideration_n of_o the_o mean_n use_v in_o compose_v the_o house_n of_o commons_o of_o the_o proceed_n and_o act_n of_o the_o house_n so_o compose_v or_o from_o the_o consequence_n a_o and_o effect_n that_o from_o those_o act_n and_o proceed_n be_v likely_a to_o ensue_v his_o majesty_n object_n that_o in_o the_o determination_n of_o election_n no_o other_o rule_n be_v observe_v then_o affection_n to_o the_o person_n with_o reverence_n to_o their_o opinion_n for_o the_o abolition_n and_o destruction_n of_o ecclesiastical_a government_n etc._n etc._n witness_v the_o excel_n at_o one_o clap_n a_o great_a number_n of_o person_n fair_o elect_v upon_o pretence_n of_o have_v have_v their_o hand_n in_o some_o monopoly_n against_o who_o to_o this_o day_n they_o never_o have_v proceed_v whereby_o they_o may_v be_v restore_v if_o innocent_a or_o if_o faulty_a other_o may_v be_v elect_v in_o their_o room_n to_o serve_v for_o the_o counâ—ry_a and_o yet_o they_o continue_v among_o they_o some_o that_o be_v notorious_o know_v to_o be_v promoter_n of_o monopoly_n because_o their_o opinion_n be_v such_o as_o do_v well_o please_v they_o this_o objection_n and_o many_o other_o in_o that_o declaration_n concerning_o the_o determination_n of_o election_n do_v and_o will_v somewhat_o stagger_v i_o until_o the_o observator_fw-la shall_v furnish_v i_o with_o a_o sufficient_a answer_n again_o i_o desire_v to_o be_v instruct_v whether_o it_o be_v but_o a_o calumny_n raise_v against_o some_o worthy_a member_n that_o by_o their_o mean_n and_o countenance_n terror_n and_o force_n shall_v be_v use_v to_o amate_v the_o courage_n of_o some_o member_n who_o will_v not_o otherwise_o comply_v with_o their_o opinion_n whether_o nippie_a reprehension_n and_o sometime_o imprisonment_n and_o other_o punishment_n be_v not_o rigorous_o use_v towards_o such_o as_o do_v not_o run_v with_o the_o happy_a vote_n of_o the_o prime_a and_o worthy_a member_n whereas_o other_o combine_v for_o alteration_n do_v and_o may_v take_v a_o liberty_n to_o say_v and_o propose_v even_o what_o they_o please_v themselves_o if_o there_o be_v a_o truth_n in_o these_o objection_n it_o will_v be_v to_o little_a purpose_n to_o dispute_v what_o be_v the_o power_n of_o the_o house_n of_o parliament_n fair_o choose_v and_o free_o voâ—ing_v concerning_o their_o art_n and_o proceed_n i_o be_o unsatisfied_a by_o the_o observator_fw-la whether_o the_o commons_o alone_o may_v make_v bind_v ordinance_n even_o out_o of_o the_o case_n of_o necessity_n if_o not_o how_o shall_v i_o defend_v their_o impose_v the_o protestation_n upon_o all_o the_o kingdom_n by_o a_o declaration_n that_o what_o person_n soever_o shall_v not_o take_v it_o be_v unfit_a to_o bear_v office_n in_o