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	soul_n	whole_a	13,673	5	5.8632	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43797	Epistola ad anglos Being an introduction out of a larger treatise into the mysteries of true Christian religion, by Oliver Hill, exise for the law and the Gospel at Lisbon in Portugal.	Hill, Oliver, Agent.	1689 (1689)	Wing H2004B; ESTC R218917	40,934	60

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40_o day_n of_o temptation_n be_v end_v chap._n 24.48_o therefore_o all_o christian_n shall_v be_v make_v acquaint_v with_o these_o thing_n and_o their_o watchman_n say_v joel_n 2.1_o shall_v blow_v the_o trumpet_n aloud_o and_o sound_v a_o alarm_n to_o they_o for_o note_n this_o be_v to_o be_v do_v in_o the_o lord_n be_v holy_a mountain_n the_o church_n among_o the_o faithful_a and_o not_o among_o the_o heathen_a to_o warn_v they_o of_o that_o fire_n and_o sword_n which_o the_o lord_n plead_v with_o ezek._n 33._o and_o which_o be_v the_o terrible_a and_o gloomy_a day_n of_o the_o lord_n but_o i_o doubt_v i_o be_o vox_fw-la clamantis_fw-la in_o deserto_fw-la that_o be_v where_o no_o body_n hear_v for_o o_o lord_n who_o be_v the_o man_n that_o believe_v our_o report_n and_o to_o who_o have_v the_o arm_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v reveal_v john_n 12.38_o there_o be_v none_o that_o stir_v up_o himself_o to_o take_v hold_n of_o thou_o isa_n 64.7_o however_o god_n be_v over_o all_o thing_n 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they_o have_v different_o also_o express_v the_o same_o jamblichus_n of_o mystery_n haec_fw-la utique_fw-la sit_fw-la tibi_fw-la ad_fw-la foelicitatem_fw-la via_fw-la consider_v be_v decet_fw-la quà_fw-la praecipue_fw-la ratione_fw-la solvi_fw-la possis_fw-la à_fw-la vinculis_fw-la quibus_fw-la anima_fw-la circa_fw-la formas_fw-la at_o que_fw-la species_n mundi_fw-la contemperatur_fw-la est_fw-la autem_fw-la solutio_fw-la nulla_fw-la praeter_fw-la ipsam_fw-la dei_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la idea_n namque_fw-la foelicitatis_fw-la est_fw-la ipsum_fw-la cognoscere_fw-la bonum_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o idea_n malorum_fw-la ipsa_fw-la quidem_fw-la bonorum_fw-la oblivio_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la deceptio_fw-la inseparabilis_fw-la à_fw-la caduco_fw-la à_fw-la principiis_fw-la enim_fw-la cadens_fw-la at_o que_fw-la repulsa_fw-la se_fw-la ipsam_fw-la projicit_fw-la ad_fw-la corporalem_fw-la ideam_fw-la dimetiendam_fw-la à_fw-la qua_fw-la corporali_fw-la idea_n solvi_fw-la debes_fw-la ut_fw-la contemplationi_fw-la &_o cognitioni_fw-la dei_fw-la rursus_fw-la jungaris_fw-la plato_n call_v this_o i_o i_o a_o this_o state_n of_o water_n whereby_o we_o become_v void_a of_o the_o form_n idea_n of_o outward_a thing_n conuersio_fw-la animae_fw-la humanae_fw-la in_o seipsam_fw-la the_o soul_n convert_v from_o thing_n without_o it_o into_o itself_o great_a hermes_n with_o solomon_n cant._n 5.2_o ob_fw-la dormitio_fw-la mentis_fw-la à_fw-la corporis_fw-la sensibus_fw-la a_o sleep_v of_o the_o body_n while_o our_o soul_n be_v wake_v i_o sleep_v but_o my_o heart_n be_v awake_a like_o balaam_n eye_n that_o be_v open_v all_o the_o while_o his_o body_n be_v in_o a_o trance_n numb_a 24.4_o and_o burn_v beside_o like_o that_o of_o the_o two_o disciple_n of_o christ_n in_o their_o way_n to_o emmaus_n luke_n 24.32_o the_o popish_a saint_n call_v the_o same_o the_o internal_a way_n to_o god_n and_o inward_a recollection_n of_o which_o molina_n at_o rome_n have_v late_o say_v enough_o 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either_o protestant_n or_o catholic_n repentance_n no_o sure_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v neither_o lash_n your_o back_n nor_o grieve_v two_o or_o three_o hour_n but_o it_o be_v the_o amendment_n itself_o due_o perform_v it_o be_v a_o resipiscence_n which_o be_v no_o less_o in_o english_a than_o a_o fool_n and_o a_o knave_n become_v at_o the_o same_o time_n both_o a_o wise_a and_o a_o good_a man_n and_o a_o change_n or_o conversion_n from_o one_o state_n or_o quality_n viz._n the_o nature_n of_o a_o beast_n to_o the_o most_o opposite_a state_n to_o wit_n the_o divine_a nature_n 2_o pet._n 1.4_o or_o at_o least_o that_o of_o angel_n luke_n 20.36_o which_o christian_n flatter_v themselves_o in_o vain_a to_o attain_v unto_o by_o their_o common_a repentance_n for_o there_o need_v a_o hard_a strive_n a_o man_n must_v be_v violent_a to_o take_v god_n kingdom_n by_o force_n and_o it_o can_v never_o be_v do_v without_o pass_v the_o great_a gulf_n of_o god_n vengeance_n and_o wrath_n 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