Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	church_n	father_n	holy_a	7,801	5	5.1099	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06199	Cum bono Deo Raine from the clouds, vpon a choicke angel: or, A returned answere, to that common quæritur of our adversaries, VVhere was your church before Luther? Digested into several meditations, according to the difference of points. Extorted off the author, for stilling the vncessant, and no lesse clamorous coassation of some patmicke frogges, against the lawfulness of our calling.	Logie, Andrew.	1624 (1624)	STC 16694; ESTC S108810	39,602	80

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place_n leave_v whether_o for_o virtue_n or_o vice_n for_o merit_n or_o demerit_n there_o shall_v be_v no_o further_o two_o principle_n in_o man_n he_o shall_v no_o far_o carry_v about_o a_o double_a man_n the_o old_a and_o the_o new_a man_n for_o nature_n work_v still_o after_o one_o constant_a tenor_n actiones_fw-la naturales_fw-la sunt_fw-la uniformes_fw-la they_o admit_v no_o relaxation_n no_o intention_n or_o remission_n the_o spirit_n than_o work_v in_o this_o mystical_a body_n as_o a_o voluntary_a agent_n and_o so_o admeasure_v forth_o according_a to_o his_o own_o pleasure_n secundum_fw-la oeconomiam_fw-la consilii_fw-la svi_fw-la non_fw-la nostri_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la as_o likewise_o ad_fw-la modum_fw-la receptivitatis_fw-la subjecti_fw-la as_o we_o learn_v to_o speak_v and_o last_o god_n even_o so_o work_v in_o the_o work_n of_o grace_n ut_fw-la causas_fw-la secundas_fw-la etiam_fw-la proprios_fw-la suos_fw-la motus_fw-la exerere_fw-la &_o exercere_fw-la sinat_fw-la as_o 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or_o not_o etc._n etc._n septimum_fw-la meletema_fw-la whereas_o saint_n paul_n answer_v for_o himself_o act_n 24._o to_o that_o accusation_n of_o tertullus_n the_o orator_n lay_v forth_o against_o he_o ad_fw-la longum_fw-la allege_v to_o this_o that_o he_o worship_v the_o god_n of_o his_o father_n after_o that_o way_n which_o they_o call_v heresy_n which_o he_o can_v not_o mean_v of_o his_o immediate_a idolatrous_a father_n but_o of_o his_o mediate_a father_n yea_o of_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jaakob_n there_o be_v no_o matter_n wherefore_o our_o adversary_n shall_v here_o construe_v so_o hardly_o of_o this_o as_o a_o silly_a effuge_fw-la on_o our_o part_n if_o we_o shall_v be_v please_v to_o use_v this_o answer_n among_o other_o peradventure_o more_o press_v that_o we_o worship_v the_o god_n of_o our_o father_n after_o that_o way_n which_o our_o new_a pharisee_n call_v heresy_n mean_v by_o our_o father_n here_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n what_o let_v here_o why_o we_o may_v not_o 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and_o conclude_v ab_fw-la authoritate_fw-la negatiuè_fw-la vestra_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la fuit_fw-la visibilis_fw-la ergo_fw-la non_fw-la fuit_fw-la which_o argutation_n rather_o than_o argumentation_n non_fw-la recto_fw-la stat_fw-la