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	life_n	natural_a	5,868	5	6.7181	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85881	The arraignment of pride, or, Pride set forth, with the causes, kinds, and several branches of it: the odiousness and greatness of the sin of pride: the prognosticks of it, together with the cure of it: as also a large description of the excellency and usefulness of the grace of humility: divided into chapters and sections. / By W. Gearing minister of the word at Lymington in Hantshire.	Gearing, William.	1660 (1660)	Wing G430; Thomason E1762_1; ESTC R209642	162,907	286

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we_o can_v do_v nothing_o joh._n 15.5_o we_o must_v not_o therefore_o promise_v any_o thing_n of_o ourselves_o but_o rather_o pray_v that_o god_n will_v direct_v we_o in_o our_o promise_n and_o enable_v we_o to_o perform_v they_o it_o be_v peter_n fault_n that_o he_o do_v not_o he_o shall_v rather_o have_v pray_v as_o chrysostome_n say_v lord_n enable_v i_o that_o i_o may_v not_o be_v offend_v then_o rash_o have_v promise_v i_o will_v not_o be_v offend_v we_o be_v here_o assault_v with_o many_o temptation_n sometime_o at_o the_o right_a hand_n by_o prosperity_n sometime_o at_o the_o left_a hand_n by_o adversity_n sometime_o private_o sometime_o public_o sometime_o in_o one_o sort_n sometime_o in_o another_o therefore_o we_o have_v need_n of_o strength_n beyond_o our_o own_o and_o to_o be_v strengthen_v sometime_o in_o our_o understanding_n and_o judgement_n that_o we_o may_v discern_v and_o distinguish_v between_o good_a and_o evil_n truth_n and_o falsehood_n sometime_o in_o our_o 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grow_v big_a with_o conceit_n of_o their_o own_o perfection_n and_o in_o comparison_n of_o their_o grace_n zeal_n knowledge_n conscience_n and_o obedience_n do_v not_o stick_v both_o to_o slight_v and_o condemn_v their_o brethren_n other_o be_v carnal_a they_o spiritual_a other_o be_v weak_a they_o strong_a other_o ignorant_a they_o see_v the_o truth_n other_o be_v lukewarm_a themselves_o zealous_a professor_n nay_o some_o there_o be_v that_o be_v proud_a of_o humility_n itself_o and_o proud_a that_o they_o be_v not_o proud_a pride_n beget_v disease_n out_o of_o precious_a remedy_n say_v chrysolgous_n mr._n fox_n say_v as_o i_o get_v good_a by_o my_o sin_n by_o be_v make_v thereby_o to_o take_v the_o more_o heed_n to_o my_o way_n so_o i_o get_v hurt_v by_o my_o grace_n 7._o ex_fw-la remediis_fw-la generate_fw-la morbos_fw-la superbia_fw-la chrysolog_fw-la serm._n 7._o by_o be_v proud_a of_o they_o bernard_n tell_v we_o of_o one_o who_o bewail_v his_o own_o condition_n say_v he_o see_v thirty_o virtue_n in_o another_o whereof_o he_o have_v not_o one_o in_o himself_o and_o peradventure_o say_v bernard_n of_o all_o his_o thirty_o he_o have_v not_o one_o like_o this_o man_n humility_n a_o man_n true_o humble_a indeed_o attribute_v and_o arrogate_v nothing_o to_o himself_o but_o ascribe_v all_o to_o god_n perditur_fw-la humilitas_fw-la dum_fw-la proditur_fw-la perditur_fw-la nor_o will_v he_o willing_o lose_v this_o jewel_n of_o humility_n by_o proclaim_v he_o have_v find_v it_o for_o it_o be_v the_o great_a pride_n that_o may_v be_v to_o be_v proud_a of_o not_o be_v proud_a every_o one_o shall_v see_v that_o his_o heart_n be_v not_o puff_v up_o with_o spiritual_a grace_n for_o what_o have_v thou_o that_o thou_o have_v not_o receive_v say_v the_o apostle_n 4.7_o 1_o cor._n 4.7_o thou_o have_v not_o these_o grace_n because_o by_o nature_n thou_o be_v better_a than_o other_o for_o thou_o be_v a_o child_n of_o wrath_n as_o well_o as_o other_o hierome_n say_v of_o the_o lady_n paula_n she_o be_v lest_o that_o she_o may_v be_v great_a by_o how_o much_o more_o she_o humble_v herself_o by_o so_o much_o the_o more_o by_o christ_n she_o be_v exalt_v 56._o ephes_n 2.3_o minima_fw-la fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la esset_fw-la maxima_fw-la quantò_fw-la magis_fw-la se_fw-la dejociebat_fw-la tantò_fw-la magis_fw-la à_fw-la christo_fw-la sublevabatur_fw-la latebat_fw-la &_o non_fw-la latebat_fw-la hieron_n caetera_fw-la vitia_fw-la in_o peccatis_fw-la superbia_fw-la bonis_fw-la maximè_fw-la timenda_fw-la august_n ad_fw-la dioscor_fw-la epist_n 56._o she_o lay_v hide_v and_o yet_o she_o lay_v not_o hide_v other_o vice_n in_o sin_n but_o pride_n be_v most_o to_o be_v fear_v in_o god_n good_a gift_n and_o grace_n chap._n 24._o of_o the_o odiousness_n of_o pride_n sect_n 1._o plato_n once_o say_v of_o moral_a virtue_n that_o in_o itself_o it_o be_v so_o beautiful_a that_o can_v a_o man_n see_v it_o in_o its_o proper_a colour_n it_o will_v even_o ravish_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o beholder_n and_o make_v they_o fall_v in_o love_n with_o it_o so_o i_o may_v say_v of_o sin_n and_o especial_o of_o this_o sin_n of_o pride_n that_o it_o be_v so_o ugly_a that_o the_o vile_a sinner_n in_o the_o world_n dare_v not_o commit_v it_o do_v he_o behold_v the_o deformity_n and_o ugly_a visage_n thereof_o pride_n be_v a_o sin_n very_o odious_a both_o to_o god_n and_o man_n 1._o it_o be_v very_o loathsome_a in_o the_o eye_n of_o god_n it_o be_v one_o of_o those_o sin_n that_o solomon_n set_v down_o to_o be_v a_o abomination_n to_o he_o 16.5_o prov._n 6.16_o 17._o prov._n 16.5_o every_o one_o that_o be_v proud_a in_o heart_n be_v a_o abomination_n to_o the_o lord_n and_o if_o the_o person_n be_v abominable_a than_o all_o the_o service_n be_v abominable_a god_n do_v not_o vouchsafe_v so_o much_o as_o a_o favourable_a look_n towards_o proud_a person_n though_o the_o lord_n be_v high_a 138.6_o ps_n 138.6_o yet_o he_o have_v respect_n to_o the_o lowly_a but_o the_o proud_a he_o 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some_o other_o creature_n ashamed_a because_o naked_a to_o weep_v because_o he_o be_v bear_v to_o labour_v not_o to_o honour_v bern._n qui_fw-la natus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la in_o dolore_fw-la putet_fw-la se_fw-la natum_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la ad_fw-la laborem_fw-la labour_v est_fw-la in_o actione_n dolour_n est_fw-la in_o passione_n &_o quid_fw-la non_fw-la eye_v grave_a quibus_fw-la vivere_fw-la labour_n est_fw-la bern._n for_o this_o be_v the_o common_a condition_n of_o all_o adam_n posterity_n in_o the_o sweat_n of_o thy_o face_n shall_v thou_o eat_v bread_n till_o thou_o return_v to_o the_o ground_n gen._n 3.19_o as_o it_o be_v lay_v upon_o eve_n and_o all_o her_o daughter_n to_o conceive_v in_o sorrow_n so_o be_v it_o lay_v upon_o adam_n and_o all_o his_o son_n to_o live_v by_o labour_n therefore_o bernard_n say_v well_o to_o this_o purpose_n he_o that_o be_v not_o bear_v in_o sorrow_n let_v he_o think_v that_o he_o be_v not_o bear_v to_o labour_n there_o be_v labour_n in_o 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to_o johannes_n eleemosynarius_n be_v make_v patriarch_n perfice_fw-la sepulchrum_fw-la perfice_fw-la sepulchrum_fw-la and_o tremble_v for_o fear_n say_v bernard_n let_v we_o constant_o remember_v our_o end_n and_o we_o shall_v not_o do_v amiss_o let_v the_o meditation_n of_o the_o death_n of_o the_o body_n be_v to_o we_o as_o philip_n page_n as_o joseph_n sepulchre_n in_o his_o garden_n a_o place_n of_o pleasure_n facile_fw-la contemnit_fw-la omne_fw-la qui_fw-la assidue_fw-la cogitat_fw-la se_fw-la moriturum_fw-la that_o man_n easy_o despise_v all_o thing_n who_o daily_o think_v that_o he_o shall_v die_v this_o use_n paul_n make_v of_o it_o see_v we_o bring_v nothing_o into_o this_o world_n and_o can_v carry_v nothing_o out_o have_v food_n and_o raiment_n let_v we_o be_v therewith_o content_a 1_o tim._n 6.7_o 8._o let_v we_o not_o proud_o aspire_v after_o great_a thing_n here_o because_o short_o we_o must_v die_v and_o leave_v all_o behind_o we_o agnoscat_fw-la homo_fw-la se_fw-la esse_fw-la mortalem_fw-la &_o franget_fw-la elationem_fw-la aug._n 2._o let_v we_o consider_v the_o state_n and_o condition_n of_o our_o soul_n and_o hence_o we_o may_v fetch_v matter_n enough_o to_o keep_v down_o our_o pride_n man_n be_v make_v a_o excellent_a creature_n make_v in_o the_o image_n of_o god_n in_o knowledge_n righteousness_n and_o holiness_n but_o this_o image_n of_o god_n in_o man_n be_v by_o his_o fall_n much_o weaken_v and_o he_o that_o be_v by_o creation_n the_o noble_a creature_n on_o earth_n be_v now_o become_v a_o vagabond_n on_o earth_n a_o child_n of_o wrath_n a_o enemy_n to_o god_n if_o we_o will_v view_v ourselves_o in_o the_o glass_n of_o god_n law_n 7._o rom._n 7._o we_o shall_v see_v our_o own_o vileness_n and_o deformity_n and_o that_o in_o we_o that_o be_v in_o our_o flesh_n there_o dwell_v no_o good_a thing_n that_o there_o be_v nothing_o but_o vanity_n in_o our_o mind_n rebellion_n in_o our_o will_n ataxy_n in_o our_o affection_n transgression_n in_o our_o life_n that_o all_o our_o best_a righteousness_n be_v as_o filthy_a rag_n that_o our_o soul_n be_v the_o very_a proper_a subject_n of_o misery_n our_o heart_n the_o very_a centre_n of_o fear_n and_o sorrow_n and_o our_o mind_n the_o hive_n and_o receptacle_n of_o swarm_n of_o thorny_a and_o distract_n care_n which_o make_v man_n a_o slave_n to_o his_o passion_n disturb_v his_o peace_n and_o make_v the_o best_a of_o his_o earthly_a comfort_n to_o be_v but_o splendid_a vanity_n and_o golden_a delusion_n the_o consideration_n hereof_o and_o the_o miserable_a estate_n we_o be_v liable_a to_o will_v drive_v we_o out_o of_o love_n and_o like_n with_o ourselves_o yea_o make_v we_o with_o job_n 42.6_o job_n 42.6_o to_o abhor_v ourselves_o and_o repent_v in_o dust_n and_o ash_n it_o be_v report_v of_o gregory_n nazianzen_n jonah_n dr._n abbot_n on_o jonah_n that_o when_o any_o thing_n fall_v out_o prosperous_o to_o he_o whereby_o he_o fear_v that_o pride_n may_v seize_v upon_o he_o or_o get_v foot_v in_o he_o franzius_n quando_fw-la pavo_fw-la pedes_fw-la subito_fw-la inspicit_fw-la statim_fw-la remittit_fw-la animum_fw-la &_o circulum_fw-la pennarum_fw-la etsi_fw-la enim_fw-la habet_fw-la homo_fw-la propter_fw-la quod_fw-la exultet_fw-la si_fw-la tamen_fw-la inspererit_fw-la svam_fw-la originem_fw-la &_o aquavitae_fw-la suae_fw-la conditione_n statim_fw-la remittet_fw-la etc._n etc._n franzius_n that_o he_o will_v present_o set_v himself_o to_o read_v over_o the_o lamentation_n of_o jeremiah_n and_o whensoever_o the_o like_a befall_v any_o of_o we_o or_o whensoever_o we_o feel_v ourselves_o tickle_v with_o the_o itch_a humour_n of_o self-love_n or_o self-liking_a in_o regard_n of_o our_o outward_a gift_n or_o inward_a grace_n let_v we_o enter_v into_o a_o serious_a meditation_n of_o our_o foul_a sin_n and_o reign_v deformity_n that_o so_o we_o may_v nip_v this_o sin_n of_o pride_n in_o the_o bud_n and_o kill_v the_o serpent_n in_o the_o shell_n when_o