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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	call_v	holy_a	son_n	13,852	5	5.7878	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00423	The stage of popish toyes conteining both tragicall and comicall partes: played by the Romishe roysters of former age: notably describing them by degrees in their colours. Collected out of H. Stephanus in his Apologie vpon Herodot. With a friendlie forewarning to our Catelin Catholikes: and a brief admonition, of the sundrie benefites we receiue by hir Ma: blessed gouernement ouer vs. Compyled by G.N.; Apologia pro Herodoto. English. Selections	Estienne, Henri, 1531-1598.; North, George, gentleman.	1581 (1581)	STC 10552; ESTC S101744	72,594	99

booke of his epistles sheweth further how a night ghost was consured sor sayeth he there was a certaine Prieste that helde his Néece in the house with him who had good store of money and to the ende to drawe somewhat from hir he lapped himselfe in a shéete and towardes midnight entred hyr Chamber counterfayting a spirite the woman y t was wise perceyued in part the mistery and therefore caused another of hir kinsemen the nexte night to come and lye secretlye in the Chāber by hir who in lieu of a coniuring booke brought a good cudgell filling hys heade with drinke to be the hardyer the spyrite appearyng as afore beganne wyth hys fearefull noyse pitifullye to cry when the Coniurer who had not yet disgested hys Wine sodainely sette vppon him and so basted hym on both sides saying if thou be the Diuel I am hys Damme as he had vtterly spoyled him if he had not the sooner discouered himselfe In the yeare 1569. there was in Ausburge in Germanie certayne seruaunts belonging to one of greate worshippe who made no accounte of the suttle secte of the Iesuites Wherevppon a foule of the same feather promised theyr Mayster hée woulde easilye remoue that opinion from thē to the performaunce whereof he disguised himselfe into hymselfe and putte on the habite of hys firste founder the Diuell And after hyding hym in a corner of the house to the whyche place one of the mayde seruauntes by hyr Maysters appoyntment was sent thys Iesuite in the forme of a diuel so feared hir as she had like to haue gone oute of hir wittes whiche she presently reported to one of hir Masters men persuading him in no case to come neare that way The felow notwithstanding thought to proue whether hir feare procéeded of any assured cause wente to trye it vppon whome this Iesuite diuell or Diuell Iesuite in the moste horriblest manner he might fastened his counterfaite tallants The fellowe partely prouided afore looking for some such mater drew out his dagger wrought a myracle by killing of the diuell Thus you may sée that the opinion whiche euerye one had in their holinesse furnished them with all diuelishe inuentions to maintaine the same And therefore we ought greatly to reioyce in God and our Quéene that the true profession of the Gospel hathe so opened the eyes of Englande that we may beholde all their abuses in their perfect kind For now God wil not suffer that such which purely in faith and sinceritie call vppon his holy name in Iesus Christe his son shall feare or doubt any of those damnable deuises where before they were wont by their daily familiaritie with the Diuel to haue him continuallye conuersant among them p●actising by spirites his instrumentes of darkenesse to holde the worlde in blind errors Whiche a Protestant alleadging to a Papist for the better signe and token of our true profession sayde You maye the sooner vnderstande by this that our re●igion is good and sound doctrine For since Gods word was preached among vs we haue not séene nor heard of any night ghosts to trouble vs. The other supposing this argument to serue beste for his purpose replyed saying it is rather a token that God hath taken his grace from you for that nowe the Diuell hath no more to do considering he doth accompt you al his owne Alleadging this example written by Eneas Siluius sometime Pope Pius the 2. whiche hée tooke out of the Legend of Saint Benet and the historie is thus Saint Benet trauailed to a Couent of Monkes where he founde a heape of vncleane Spirites combatting with the holy Fathers of that place and all to remoue them from theyr good workes Sainte Benet at another time returning to the Abbey found an euil spirite sitting idlely wagging his legges and beating his héeles togyther with cold whom he coniured to shew him the cause of hys idlenesse he aunsweared we are to make wars wyth Cloystermen and such as be the seruauntes of God and not against those whose dreames trumperies and blasphemies do already serue the Diuel This was well applyed if Sainte Benet had bene by to haue paraphrased further vppon it for none wil deny but that the suttletie of the Diuil is suche as he séeketh to encrease hys kyngdome by all the meanes he may and howe can hys glorie be greater than to kéepe that carefully which he hath gotten cunningly And also it is a general rule that a conqueror doth triumph in nothyng more than in holding in due obedience those that are become his vassals which must be by the presence of him selfe or by his chiefest ministers And seing the Diuel wanteth no experience hauing as much foresight as so proude a Spirite may haue if we be so assuredly hys owne as that Papist would make vs he woulde not be from vs in person as a friend to fauor vs or in power as a iealious foe to lose vs considering y e holy league so termed by the cōsent of so mightie Papists haue promised to make vs reuolt if it be as y e petie Papist sayeth frō him But as it is only natural reason that those grosse creatures of the Popes desire to be satisfied by so in reason they know it is as much wisedome policie to kéep as it is prayse glorie to get whiche in my opinion y e féend would foresée as a principle if he held vs so dear as this his darling winning y t gole in his own conceyt w t one stroke alleageth he doth therfore it is to be beléeued y e Diuel wil not dwel but where he hath some interest and may be welcome And y e which is most true the Pope his best beloued as he cannot forbear him so he dare not spare him so far of séeing Gods warriours are comming with a rolling crench towards him And as in al martial marches there are euer some straglers who care neither for Country Captain nor cause but follow only to pray vpon the spoyle of others so the Papistes of present time that séeme to muster vnder the banner of true Christians vexed with the frensie of these forlorne spirites in the image of Englishmen come rogyng and stragling among vs as a newe founde Iesuite of late did who couet nothing more than the ruine of theyr Country that they mighte with the Diuell theyr Maister haue a part in the bloudye bootie But to proue indéed howe Sathan the chiefe Maister of sinne dare not be where the word of God is truelye taughte the sacred Scriptures in euerye text doe testifye As in Matthewe the 8. Marke the 5. Luke the 8. Paule 2. to the Corin 6. Chap. c. Although the inuention of man be greate whose proude iudgement hath presumed on many things yet truely hys iniquitie in his own nature did neuer deuise a more damnable blasphemie against God and his Saints than y t booke entituled Legenda Aurea Wherein there are many passages so far from Decorum that if the