Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	christianity_n	zeal_n	zealous_a	19	3	9.3722	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73836	Seuen godlie and fruitfull sermons. The six first preached by Master Iohn Dod: the last by Master Robert Cleauer. Whereunto is annexed, a briefe discourse, touching, 1. Extinguishing of the spirit, 2. Murmuring in affliction	Dod, John, 1549?-1645.; Cleaver, Robert, 1561 or 2-ca. 1625.; Winston, John, fl. 1614-1634.	1614 (1614)	STC 6944; ESTC S109731	185,148	341

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son_n david_n say_v he_o thou_o be_v more_o righteous_a than_o i._o and_o this_o we_o may_v observe_v in_o our_o own_o experience_n that_o oftentimes_o man_n contrary_a to_o their_o mind_n do_v utter_a thing_n which_o do_v exceed_o grieve_v they_o and_o bury_v other_o thing_n in_o silence_n the_o speak_v whereof_o may_v have_v be_v very_o behooveful_a unto_o they_o whence_o do_v arise_v these_o and_o the_o like_a speech_n how_o be_v i_o oversee_v in_o that_o which_o i_o say_v what_o a_o advantage_n do_v i_o lose_v at_o such_o a_o time_n which_o do_v plain_o prove_v that_o god_n have_v the_o dispose_n of_o man_n tongue_n second_o god_n have_v give_v law_n for_o the_o tongue_n 4._o ephes_n 4._o how_o it_o shall_v be_v rule_v that_o man_n shall_v not_o speak_v blasphemous_o nor_o filthy_o nor_o bitter_o whence_o it_o may_v be_v conclude_v that_o it_o be_v god_n subject_n for_o prince_n make_v statute_n for_o none_o but_o for_o their_o own_o subject_n three_o the_o success_n and_o event_n 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he_o will_v not_o permit_v to_o himself_o so_o neither_o will_v he_o deny_v to_o his_o permit_v to_o himself_o so_o neither_o will_v he_o deny_v to_o his_o child_n their_o liberty_n of_o feast_v but_o especial_o the_o example_n of_o paul_n be_v notable_a for_o the_o confirmation_n of_o this_o point_n for_o see_v that_o in_o some_o place_n he_o can_v not_o so_o convenient_o live_v of_o other_o man_n charge_n 2.9_o 1._o cor._n 4.12_o 1._o thess_n 2.9_o as_o at_o corinth_n and_o thessalonica_n he_o will_v labour_v with_o his_o own_o hand_n rather_o than_o be_v chargeable_a to_o any_o of_o they_o yet_o he_o will_v not_o that_o all_o man_n shall_v be_v tie_v by_o his_o example_n to_o do_v the_o like_a 5.18_o 1._o cor._n 9_o 1._o tim._n 5.18_o and_o therefore_o he_o labour_v much_o in_o his_o epistle_n about_o this_o that_o minister_n ought_v to_o be_v provide_v for_o so_o strict_a be_v he_o to_o himself_o such_o liberty_n leave_v he_o unto_o other_o whence_o we_o may_v easy_o perceive_v 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of_o venison_n 15.28_o gen._n 15.28_o david_n be_v too_o much_o affect_v to_o absalon_n and_o to_o adoniah_n for_o their_o comely_a personage_n so_o as_o his_o zeal_n be_v hinder_v in_o discern_a sin_n aright_o in_o they_o now_o jacob_n be_v not_o so_o dear_a to_o isaac_n and_o solomon_n be_v more_o hardly_o set_v to_o school_v and_o make_v to_o take_v pain_n but_o behold_v god_n love_v jacob_n and_o refuse_v esau_n howsoever_o isaac_n love_v esau_n better_a than_o jacob_n make_v esau_n more_o troublesome_a and_o jacob_n more_o comfortable_a unto_o he_o absalon_n and_o adoniah_n bring_v up_o like_o cockney_n become_v corasives_n to_o david_n heart_n solomon_n more_o restrain_v and_o better_o instruct_v be_v his_o joy_n his_o crown_n his_o successor_n in_o his_o kingdom_n this_o disease_n be_v so_o hereditary_a to_o many_o parent_n love_v their_o child_n in_o the_o flesh_n rather_o than_o in_o the_o spirit_n that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v fain_o to_o call_v upon_o they_o more_o 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