Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	corruption_n	flesh_n	reap_v	5,289	5	10.9811	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61117	Scripture mistaken the ground of Protestants and common plea of all new reformers against the ancient Catholicke religion of England : many texts quite mistaken by Nouelists are lay'd open and redressed in this treatis[e] by Iohn Spenser.	Spencer, John, 1601-1671.	1655 (1655)	Wing S4958; ESTC R30149	176,766	400

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diligenter_fw-la studeant_fw-la apud_fw-la rudem_fw-la verò_fw-la plebem_fw-la difficiliores_fw-la ac_fw-la subtiliores_fw-la quaestiones_fw-la quaeque_fw-la ad_fw-la aedificationem_fw-la non_fw-la faciunt_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la quibus_fw-la plerumque_fw-la nulla_fw-la fit_a pietatis_fw-la accessio_fw-la à_fw-la popularibus_fw-la concionibus_fw-la secludantur_fw-la incerta_fw-la item_n vel_fw-la quae_fw-la specie_fw-la falsi_fw-la laborant_fw-la ewlgari_fw-la ac_fw-la tractari_fw-la non_fw-la permittant_fw-la ea_fw-la verò_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la curiositatem_fw-la quandam_fw-la aut_fw-la superstitionem_fw-la spectant_fw-la vel_fw-la turpe_fw-la lucrum_fw-la sapiunt_fw-la tanquam_fw-la scandala_fw-la &_o fidelium_fw-la offendicula_fw-la prohibeant_fw-la the_o holy_a synod_n command_v the_o bishop_n that_o they_o take_v diligent_a care_n that_o the_o sound_a doctrine_n of_o purgatory_n deliver_v by_o the_o holy_a father_n and_o the_o sacred_a council_n be_v believe_v hold_v teach_v and_o preach_v by_o the_o faithful_a of_o christ._n but_o that_o among_o the_o common_a sort_n of_o people_n all_o difficult_a and_o subtle_a question_n which_o make_v not_o for_o edification_n &_o by_o which_o common_o there_o be_v no_o access_n to_o piety_n be_v seclude_v from_o popular_a sermon_n but_o those_o thing_n which_o tend_v to_o curiosity_n or_o which_o taste_n of_o base_a lucre_n as_o be_v scandal_n and_o offence_n of_o the_o faithful_a they_o be_v to_o prohibit_v in_o these_o two_o place_n we_o see_v 1._o that_o none_o but_o just_a person_n suffer_v in_o purgatory_n 2._o that_o those_o pain_n be_v only_o the_o remainder_n of_o such_o temporal_a pain_n dew_n after_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o eternal_a punishment_n which_o they_o deserve_v in_o this_o life_n 3._o that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n forbid_v all_o temporal_a gain_n to_o be_v make_v of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o purgatory_n where_o by_o it_o appear_v how_o injurious_a the_o aspersion_n of_o some_o of_o our_o adversary_n be_v to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n in_o accuse_v she_o to_o have_v invent_v purgatory_n not_o to_o gain_v soul_n but_o money_n 4._o all_o difficult_a question_n