Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	break_a	contrite_a	heart_n	6,246	5	5.9059	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20631	Devotions vpon emergent occasions and seuerall steps in my sicknes digested into I. Meditations vpon our humane condition, 2. Expostulations, and debatements with God, 3. Prayers, vpon the seuerall occasions, to Him / by Iohn Donne ...	Donne, John, 1572-1631.	1624 (1624)	STC 7033A; ESTC S1699	101,106	641

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thou_o who_o say_v to_o satan_n have_v thou_o consider_v my_o servant_n job_n 1.8_o that_o there_o be_v none_o like_o he_o upon_o the_o earth_n shall_v my_o fear_n shall_v my_o zeal_n shall_v my_o jealousy_n have_v leave_v to_o say_v to_o thou_o have_v thou_o consider_v my_o heart_n that_o there_o be_v not_o so_o perverse_a a_o heart_n upon_o earth_n and_o will_v thou_o have_v that_o and_o shall_v i_o be_v thy_o son_n thy_o eternal_a son_n coheir_n for_o give_v that_o 9_o the_o heart_n be_v deceitful_a above_o all_o thing_n and_o desperate_o wicked_a who_o can_v know_v it_o he_o that_o ask_v that_o question_n make_v the_o answer_n i_o the_o lord_n search_v the_o heart_n when_o do_v thou_o search_v i_o do_v thou_o think_v to_o find_v it_o as_o thou_o make_v it_o in_o adam_n thou_o have_v search_v since_o and_o find_v all_o these_o gradation_n in_o the_o ill_a of_o our_o heart_n 6.5_o that_o every_o imagination_n of_o the_o thought_n of_o our_o heart_n be_v only_o evil_a continual_o do_v thou_o remember_v this_o and_o will_v thou_o have_v my_o heart_n o_o god_n of_o all_o light_n i_o know_v thou_o know_v all_o and_o it_o be_v thou_o 4.14_o that_o declare_v unto_o man_n what_o be_v his_o heart_n without_o thou_o o_o sovereign_a goodness_n i_o can_v not_o know_v how_o ill_o my_o heart_n be_v thou_o have_v declare_v unto_o i_o in_o thy_o word_n that_o for_o all_o this_o deluge_n of_o evil_a that_o have_v surrund_v all_o heart_n yet_o thou_o sought_v and_o find_v a_o man_n after_o thy_o own_o heart_n 14._o that_o thou_o can_v and_o will_v give_v thy_o people_n pastor_n according_a to_o thy_o own_o heart_n 3.15_o and_o i_o can_v gather_v out_o of_o thy_o word_n so_o good_a testimony_n of_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n as_o to_o find_v single_a heart_n docile_a and_o apprehensive_a heart_n heart_n that_o can_v heart_n that_o have_v learn_v wise_a heart_n in_o one_o place_n and_o in_o another_o in_o a_o great_a degree_n wise_a perfect_a heart_n straight_a heart_n no_o perverseness_n without_o and_o clean_a heart_n no_o foulness_n within_o such_o heart_n i_o can_v find_v in_o thy_o word_n and_o if_o my_o heart_n be_v such_o a_o heart_n i_o will_v give_v thou_o my_o heart_n but_o i_o find_v stony_a heart_n too_o and_o i_o have_v make_v my_o such_o i_o have_v find_v heart_n 19_o that_o be_v snare_n and_o i_o have_v converse_v with_o such_o heart_n that_o burn_v like_o oven_n 7.26_o and_o the_o fuel_n of_o lust_n and_o envy_n and_o ambition_n have_v inflame_v i_o heart_n in_o which_o their_o master_n trust_n and_o he_o that_o trust_v in_o his_o own_o heart_n 28.26_o be_v a_o fool_n his_o confidence_n in_o his_o own_o moral_a constancy_n and_o civil_a fortitude_n will_v betray_v he_o when_o thou_o shall_v cast_v a_o spiritual_a damp_n a_o heaviness_n and_o dejection_n of_o spirit_n upon_o he_o i_o have_v find_v these_o heart_n and_o a_o worse_a than_o these_o a_o heart_n into_o the_o which_o the_o devil_n himself_o be_v enter_v judas_n heart_n 13.2_o the_o first_o kind_n of_o heart_n alas_o my_o god_n i_o have_v not_o the_o last_o be_v not_o heart_n to_o be_v give_v to_o thou_o what_o shall_v i_o do_v without_o that_o present_a i_o can_v be_v thy_o son_n and_o i_o have_v it_o not_o to_o those_o of_o the_o first_o kind_n thou_o give_v joyfulness_n of_o heart_n 50.23_o and_o i_o have_v not_o that_o to_o those_o of_o the_o other_o kind_n thou_o give_v faintness_n of_o heart_n 36._o and_o bless_v be_v thou_o o_o god_n for_o that_o forbearance_n i_o have_v not_o that_o yet_o there_o be_v then_o a_o middle_a kind_n of_o heart_n not_o so_o perfect_a as_o to_o be_v give_v but_o that_o the_o very_o give_v mend_v they_o not_o so_o desperate_a as_o not_o to_o be_v accept_v but_o that_o the_o very_a accept_n dignify_v they_o 2.11_o this_o be_v a_o melt_a heart_n and_o a_o trouble_a heart_n and_o a_o wound_a heart_n and_o a_o break_a heart_n and_o a_o contrite_a heart_n and_o by_o the_o powerful_a work_n of_o thy_o pierce_a spirit_n such_o a_o heart_n i_o have_v thy_o samuel_n speak_v unto_o all_o the_o house_n of_o thy_o israel_n 7.3_o and_o say_v if_o you_o return_v to_o the_o lord_n with_o all_o your_o heart_n prepare_v your_o heart_n unto_o the_o lord_n if_o my_o heart_n be_v prepare_v it_o be_v a_o return_a heart_n and_o if_o thou_o see_v it_o upon_o the_o way_n thou_o will_v carry_v it_o ●ome_o nay_o the_o preparation_n be_v thou_o too_o this_o melt_a this_o wound_a this_o break_n this_o contrition_n which_o i_o have_v now_o be_v thy_o way_n to_o thy_o end_n and_o those_o discomfort_n be_v for_o all_o that_o the_o earnest_n of_o thy_o spirit_n in_o my_o heart_n 1.22_o and_o where_o thou_o give_v earnest_a thou_o will_v perform_v the_o bargain_n naball_n be_v confident_a upon_o his_o wine_n but_o in_o the_o morning_n his_o heart_n die_v within_o he_o 25.37_o thou_o o_o lord_n have_v give_v i_o wormwood_n and_o i_o have_v have_v some_o diffidence_n upon_o that_o and_o thou_o have_v clear_v a_o morning_n to_o i_o again_o and_o my_o heart_n be_v alive_a danids_n heart_n smite_v he_o 24.5_o when_o he_o cut_v off_o the_o skirt_n from_o saul_n 24.10_o and_o his_o heart_n smite_v he_o when_o he_o have_v number_v his_o people_n my_o heart_n have_v strike_v i_o when_o i_o come_v to_o number_v my_o sin_n but_o that_o blow_n be_v not_o to_o death_n because_o those_o sin_n be_v not_o to_o death_n but_o my_o heart_n live_v in_o thou_o but_o yet_o as_o long_o as_o i_o remain_v in_o this_o great_a hospital_n this_o sick_a this_o diseasefull_a world_n as_o long_o as_o i_o remain_v in_o this_o leprous_a house_n this_o flesh_n of_o i_o this_o heart_n though_o thus_o prepare_v for_o thou_o prepare_v by_o thou_o will_v still_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o invasion_n of_o malign_a and_o pestilent_a vapour_n but_o i_o have_v my_o cordial_n in_o thy_o promise_n 8.38_o when_o i_o shall_v know_v the_o plague_n of_o my_o heart_n and_o pray_v unto_o thou_o in_o thy_o house_n thou_o will_v preserve_v that_o heart_n from_o all_o 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will_v come_v into_o thy_o house_n the_o church_n hypocrite_n and_o idolater_n will_v come_v into_o some_o room_n of_o this_o thy_o house_n my_o body_n tentation_n will_v come_v infection_n will_v come_v but_o be_v my_o heart_n thy_o bedchamber_n o_o my_o god_n and_o thither_o let_v they_o not_o enter_v job_n make_v a_o covenant_n with_o his_o eye_n but_o not_o his_o make_n of_o that_o covenant_n but_o thy_o dwell_n in_o his_o heart_n enable_v he_o to_o keep_v that_o covenaunt_n thy_o son_n himself_o have_v a_o sadness_n in_o his_o soul_n to_o death_n and_o he_o have_v a_o reluctation_n a_o deprecation_n of_o death_n in_o the_o approach_v thereof_o

who_o see_v th●●_n who_o f●●rches_v those_o rolls●_n whether_o i_o do_v believe_v or_o no_o be_v it_o not_o therefore_o o_o my_o god_n that_o thou_o do_v so_o frequent_o so_o earnest_o refer_v we_o to_o the_o hand_n to_o the_o observation_n of_o action_n there_o be_v a_o little_a suspicion_n a_o little_a imputation_n lay_v upon_o over-tedious_a and_o dilatory_a counsel_n many_o good_a occasion_n slip_v away_o in_o long_a consultation_n and_o it_o may_v be_v a_o degree_n of_o sloth_n to_o be_v too_o long_o in_o mend_v net_n though_o that_o must_v be_v do_v 11.4_o he_o that_o observe_v the_o wind_n shall_v not_o see_v and_o he_o that_o regard_v the_o ●●ouds_n shall_v not_o reap_v that_o be_v he_o that_o be_v too_o dilatory_a too_o superstitious_a ●n_n these_o observation_n and_o study_n but_o the_o excuse_n of_o his_o own_o idleness_n in_o ●hem_n but_o that_o which_o ●he_v same_o wise_a and_o royal_a servant_n of_o thou_o say_v in_o ●n_n other_o place_n all_o accept_v ●nd_v ask_v no_o comment_n upon_o it_o 4._o he_o become_v poor_a that_o deal_v with_o a_o slack_a hand●_n but_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o diligent_a make_v rich_a all_o evil_n impute_v to_o the_o absence_n all_o good_a attribute_v to_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o ●and_n i_o know_v my_o god_n and_o i_o bless_v thy_o name_n for_o know_v it●_n for_o all_o good_a knowledge_n be_v from_o thou_o that_o thou_o consider_v the_o heart_n but_o thou_o take_v not_o off_o thy_o eye_n till_o thou_o come_v to_o the_o hand_n nay_o my_o god_n do_v not_o thy_o spirit_n intimate_v that_o thou_o begin_v where_o we_o begin_v at_o least_o that_o thou_o allow_v we_o to_o begin_v there_o when_o thou_o ordere_v thy_o own_o answer_n to_o thy_o own_o question_n 24.3_o who_o shall_v ascend_v into_o the_o hill_n of_o the_o lord_n thus_o he_o that_o have_v clean_a hand_n and_o a_o pure_a heart_n do_v ●●ou_v not_o at_o least_o send_v 〈◊〉_d first_o to_o the_o hand_n ●nd_n be_v not_o the_o work_n of_o ●heir_a hand_n that_o decla●●tion_n of_o their_o holy_a zeal_n 〈◊〉_d the_o present_a execution_n ●f_o manifest_a idolater_n ●●lled_v a_o consecration_n of_o themselves_o 31.29_o by_o thy_o holy_a spirit_n their_o hand_n be_v ●alled_v all_o themselves_o for_o ●uen_o counsel_v itself_o go_v ●nder_v that_o name_n in_o thy_o word_n who_o know_v best_a ●ow_o to_o give_v right_a name_n because_o the_o counsel_n of_o the_o ●_z assist_v david_n saul_n say_v the_o hand_n of_o the_o priest_n be_v with_o david●_n 22.17_o and_o that_o which_o be_v often_o say_v by_o moses_n be_v very_o often_o repeat_v by_o thy_o other_o prophet_n 8.36_o these_o and_o these_o thing_n the_o lord_n speak_v and_o the_o lord_n say_v and_o the_o lord_n commanmand_v not_o by_o the_o counsel_n not_o by_o the_o voice_n but_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o moses_n and_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o prophet_n evermore_o we_o be_v refer_v for_o our_o evidence_n of_o other_o and_o of_o ourselves_o to_o the_o hand_n to_o action_n to_o work_n there_o be_v something_o before_o it_o believe_v and_o there_o be_v some_o thing_n after_o it_o suffering_n but_o in_o the_o most_o eminent_a and_o obvious_a and_o conspicuous_a place_n stand_v do_v why_o then_o o_o my_o god_n my_o blessed_a god_n in_o the_o way_n of_o my_o spiritual_a strength_n come_v ●l_o so_o slow_a to_o action_n i_o be_v whip_v by_o thy_o rod_n before_o i_o come_v to_o consultation_n to_o consider_v my_o state_n and_o shall_v i_o go●_n no_o far_o as_o he_o that_o will_v describe_v a_o circle_n in_o paper_n if_o he_o have_v bring_v that_o circle_n within_o one_o inch_n of_o finish_v yet_o if_o he_o remove_v his_o compass_n he_o can_v make_v i●_n up_o a_o perfect_a circle_n except_o he_o fall_v to_o work_v again_o to_o find_v out_o the_o sam●_n centre_n ●_z so_o though_o set_v that_o foot_n of_o my_o compass●_n upon_o thou_o i_o have_v gon●_n so_o far_o as_o to_o the_o consideration_n of_o myself_o yet_o i●_n i_o depart_v from_o thou_o my_o centre_n all_o be_v unperfit●_a this_o proceed_n to_o action_n therefore_o be_v a_o return_v to_o thou_o and_o a_o work_n upon_o myself_o by_o thy_o physic_n by_o thy_o purgative_a physic_n a_o free_a and_o entire_a evacuation_n of_o my_o soul_n by_o confession_n the_o work_n of_o purgative_a physic_n be_v violent_a and_o contrary_a to_o nature_n o_o lord_n i_o decline_v not_o this_o potion_n of_o confession_n how_o ever_o it_o may_v be_v contrary_a to_o a_o natural_a man_n to_o take_v physic_n gal●n_n and_o not_o according_a to_o the_o right_a method_n be_v dangerous_a o_o lord_n i_o decline_v not_o that_o method_n in_o this_o physic_n in_o thing_n that_o burden_n my_o conscience_n to_o make_v my_o confession_n to_o he_o into_o who_o hand_n thou_o have_v put_v th●_n power_n of_o absolution_n ●_o know_v that_o physic_n may_v be_v make_v so_o pleasant_a galen_n as_o tha●_n it_o may_v easy_o be_v take_v bu●_n not_o so_o pleasant_a as_o the_o virtue_n and_o nature_n of_o the_o me●dicine_n be_v extinguish_v i_o know_v i_o be_o not_o 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the_o cup_n of_o worldly_a confection_n that_o so_o i_o may_v escape_v the_o cup_n of_o malediction_n and_o irrecoverable_a destruction_n that_o depend_v upon_o that_o and_o since_o thy_o bless_a and_o glorious_a son_n be_v offer_v in_o the_o way_n to_o his_o execution_n 23._o a_o cup_n of_o su●pefaction_n to_o take_v away_o the_o sense_n of_o his_o pain_n a_o charity_n afford_v to_o condemn_a person_n ordinary_o in_o those_o place_n and_o time_n refuse_v that_o ease_n and_o embrace_v the_o whole_a torment_n i_o take_v not_o this_o cup_n but_o this_o vessel_n of_o my_o own_o sin_n into_o my_o contemplation_n and_o i_o pour_v they_o out_o here_o according_a to_o the_o motion_n of_o thy_o holy_a spirit_n and_o any_o where_o according_a to_o the_o ordinance_n of_o thy_o holy_a church_n 20._o prayer_n o_o eternal_a and_o most_o gracious_a god_n who_o have_v marry_v man_n and_o woman_n together_o and_o make_v they_o one_o flesh_n will_v have_v they_o also_o to_o become_v one_o soul_n so_o as_o that_o they_o may_v maintain_v a_o sympathy_n in_o their_o affection_n and_o have_v a_o conformity_n to_o one_o another_o in_o the_o accident_n of_o this_o world_n good_a or_o bad_a so_o have_v marry_v this_o soul_n and_o this_o body_n in_o i_o i_o humble_o beseech_v thou_o that_o my_o soul_n may_v look_v and_o make_v she_o use_v of_o thy_o merciful_a proceed_n towards_o my_o bodily_a restitution_n &_o go_v the_o same_o way_n to_o a_o spiritual_a i_o be_o come_v by_o thy_o goodness_n to_o the_o use_n of_o thy_o ordinary_a mean_n for_o my_o body_n to_o wash_v away_o those_o peccant_a humour_n that_o endanger_v it_o i_o have_v o_o lord_n a_o river_n in_o my_o body_n but_o a_o sea_n in_o my_o soul_n and_o a_o sea_n swell_v into_o the_o depth_n of_o a_o deluge_n above_o the_o sea_n thou_o have_v raise_v up_o certain_a hill_n in_o i_o heretofore_o by_o which_o i_o may_v have_v stand_v safe_a from_o these_o inundation_n of_o sin_n even_o our_o natural_a faculty_n be_v a_o hill_n and_o may_v preserve_v we_o from_o some_o sin_n education_n study_n observation_n example_n be_v hill_n too_o and_o may_v preserve_v we_o from_o some_o thy_o church_n and_o thy_o word_n and_o thy_o sacrament_n and_o thy_o ordinance_n be_v hill_n above_o these_o thy_o spirit_n of_o remorse_n and_o compunction_n &_o repentance_n for_o former_a sin_n be_v hill_n too_o and_o to_o the_o ●op_n of_o all_o these_o hill_n thou_o have_v bring_v i_o heretofore_o but_o this_o deluge_n this_o inundation_n be_v get_v above_o all_o my_o hill_n and_o i_o have_v sin_v and_o sin_v and_o multiply_v sin_n to_o sin_n after_o all_o these_o thy_o assistance_n against_o sin_n and_o where_o be_v there_o water_n enough_o to_o wash_v away_o