Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	day_n	ghost_n	holy_a	6,984	5	5.1861	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85881	The arraignment of pride, or, Pride set forth, with the causes, kinds, and several branches of it: the odiousness and greatness of the sin of pride: the prognosticks of it, together with the cure of it: as also a large description of the excellency and usefulness of the grace of humility: divided into chapters and sections. / By W. Gearing minister of the word at Lymington in Hantshire.	Gearing, William.	1660 (1660)	Wing G430; Thomason E1762_1; ESTC R209642	162,907	286

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always_o be_v in_o preparation_n for_o it_o king_n philip_n page_n of_o macedon_n hominem_fw-la memento_n philippe_n te_fw-la esse_fw-la hominem_fw-la be_v to_o sound_v this_o every_o morning_n in_o his_o ear_n remember_v o_o philip_n that_o thou_o be_v but_o a_o man_n the_o remembrance_n of_o these_o thing_n will_v never_o puff_n thou_o up_o with_o pride_n but_o always_o keep_v thou_o very_o humble_a chap._n 20._o of_o pride_n of_o eloquence_n eloquence_n be_v a_o excellent_a gift_n wheresoever_o it_o be_v bestow_v and_o for_o this_o many_o heathen_n have_v be_v famous_a the_o athenian_n exile_v thucydides_n their_o captain_n general_n 30._o pronunciatio_fw-la &_o vita_fw-la philosophi_fw-la debent_fw-la esse_fw-la compositae_fw-la it_o ought_v to_o be_v like_o snow_n come_v leisurely_o not_o like_o rain_n come_v down_o as_o by_o bucket_n plin._n nat_n hist_o lib._n 7._o cap._n 30._o but_o after_o he_o have_v write_v his_o chronicle_n they_o call_v he_o home_o again_o wonder_v at_o 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grow_v big_a with_o conceit_n of_o their_o own_o perfection_n and_o in_o comparison_n of_o their_o grace_n zeal_n knowledge_n conscience_n and_o obedience_n do_v not_o stick_v both_o to_o slight_v and_o condemn_v their_o brethren_n other_o be_v carnal_a they_o spiritual_a other_o be_v weak_a they_o strong_a other_o ignorant_a they_o see_v the_o truth_n other_o be_v lukewarm_a themselves_o zealous_a professor_n nay_o some_o there_o be_v that_o be_v proud_a of_o humility_n itself_o and_o proud_a that_o they_o be_v not_o proud_a pride_n beget_v disease_n out_o of_o precious_a remedy_n say_v chrysolgous_n mr._n fox_n say_v as_o i_o get_v good_a by_o my_o sin_n by_o be_v make_v thereby_o to_o take_v the_o more_o heed_n to_o my_o way_n so_o i_o get_v hurt_v by_o my_o grace_n 7._o ex_fw-la remediis_fw-la generate_fw-la morbos_fw-la superbia_fw-la chrysolog_fw-la serm._n 7._o by_o be_v proud_a of_o they_o bernard_n tell_v we_o of_o one_o who_o bewail_v his_o own_o condition_n say_v he_o see_v thirty_o virtue_n in_o another_o whereof_o he_o have_v not_o one_o in_o himself_o and_o peradventure_o say_v bernard_n of_o all_o his_o thirty_o he_o have_v not_o one_o like_o this_o man_n humility_n a_o man_n true_o humble_a indeed_o attribute_v and_o arrogate_v nothing_o to_o himself_o but_o ascribe_v all_o to_o god_n perditur_fw-la humilitas_fw-la dum_fw-la proditur_fw-la perditur_fw-la nor_o will_v he_o willing_o lose_v this_o jewel_n of_o humility_n by_o proclaim_v he_o have_v find_v it_o for_o it_o be_v the_o great_a pride_n that_o may_v be_v to_o be_v proud_a of_o not_o be_v proud_a every_o one_o shall_v see_v that_o his_o heart_n be_v not_o puff_v up_o with_o spiritual_a grace_n for_o what_o have_v thou_o that_o thou_o have_v not_o receive_v say_v the_o apostle_n 4.7_o 1_o cor._n 4.7_o thou_o have_v not_o these_o grace_n because_o by_o nature_n thou_o be_v better_a than_o other_o for_o thou_o be_v a_o child_n of_o wrath_n as_o well_o as_o other_o hierome_n say_v of_o the_o lady_n paula_n she_o be_v lest_o that_o she_o may_v be_v great_a by_o how_o much_o more_o she_o humble_v herself_o by_o so_o much_o the_o more_o by_o christ_n she_o be_v exalt_v 56._o ephes_n 2.3_o minima_fw-la fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la esset_fw-la maxima_fw-la quantò_fw-la magis_fw-la se_fw-la dejociebat_fw-la tantò_fw-la magis_fw-la à_fw-la christo_fw-la sublevabatur_fw-la latebat_fw-la &_o non_fw-la latebat_fw-la hieron_n caetera_fw-la vitia_fw-la in_o peccatis_fw-la superbia_fw-la bonis_fw-la maximè_fw-la timenda_fw-la august_n ad_fw-la dioscor_fw-la epist_n 56._o she_o lay_v hide_v and_o yet_o she_o lay_v not_o hide_v other_o vice_n in_o sin_n but_o pride_n be_v most_o to_o be_v fear_v in_o god_n good_a gift_n and_o grace_n chap._n 24._o of_o the_o odiousness_n of_o pride_n sect_n 1._o plato_n once_o say_v of_o moral_a virtue_n that_o in_o itself_o it_o be_v so_o beautiful_a that_o can_v a_o man_n see_v it_o in_o its_o proper_a colour_n it_o will_v even_o ravish_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o beholder_n and_o make_v they_o fall_v in_o love_n with_o it_o so_o i_o may_v say_v of_o sin_n and_o especial_o of_o this_o sin_n of_o pride_n that_o it_o be_v so_o ugly_a that_o the_o vile_a sinner_n in_o the_o world_n dare_v not_o commit_v it_o do_v he_o behold_v the_o deformity_n and_o ugly_a visage_n thereof_o pride_n be_v a_o sin_n very_o odious_a both_o to_o god_n and_o man_n 1._o it_o be_v very_o loathsome_a in_o the_o eye_n of_o god_n it_o be_v one_o of_o those_o sin_n that_o solomon_n set_v down_o to_o be_v a_o abomination_n to_o he_o 16.5_o prov._n 6.16_o 17._o prov._n 16.5_o every_o one_o that_o be_v proud_a in_o heart_n be_v a_o abomination_n to_o the_o lord_n and_o if_o the_o person_n be_v abominable_a than_o all_o the_o service_n be_v abominable_a god_n do_v not_o vouchsafe_v so_o much_o as_o a_o favourable_a look_n towards_o proud_a person_n though_o the_o lord_n be_v high_a 138.6_o ps_n 138.6_o yet_o he_o have_v respect_n to_o the_o lowly_a but_o the_o proud_a he_o know_v a_o far_o off_o he_o look_v upon_o they_o with_o contempt_n they_o stand_v at_o a_o great_a distance_n from_o god_n and_o god_n from_o they_o 3.34_o prov._n 3.34_o sure_o he_o scorn_v the_o scorner_n whensoever_o god_n see_v a_o proud_a man_n he_o say_v behold_v my_o enemy_n 66.2_o isa_n 66.2_o to_o this_o man_n will_v i_o look_v say_v god_n that_o be_v poor_a and_o of_o a_o contrite_a spirit_n etc._n etc._n i._n e._n to_o the_o man_n that_o be_v poor_a in_o spirit_n god_n can_v look_v above_o he_o for_o there_o be_v no_o superior_a to_o he_o nor_o look_v round_o about_o he_o because_o there_o be_v none_o that_o be_v equal_a to_o he_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n be_v but_o one_o god_n but_o he_o look_v downward_o and_o the_o low_a and_o more_o humble_a any_o man_n be_v the_o more_o the_o lord_n regard_v he_o 1._o morlorat_n in_o luc._n 1._o say_v

and_o lycurgus_n as_o temperate_a as_o socrates_n or_o cato_n as_o just_a as_o aristides_n as_o valiant_a as_o alexander_n the_o great_a or_o julius_n caesar_n if_o pride_n be_v join_v with_o it_o it_o spoil_v all_o yea_o bernard_n say_v fortunae_fw-la petrac_n de_fw-mi reme_v utriusquè_fw-fr fortunae_fw-la that_o if_o pride_n have_v be_v join_v with_o mary_n virginity_n it_o will_v have_v taint_v it_o and_o petrarch_n say_v that_o though_o a_o man_n be_v virtutum_fw-la omnium_fw-la alis_fw-la evectus_fw-la lift_v upon_o the_o wing_n of_o all_o virtue_n yet_o sola_fw-la superbia_fw-la bona_fw-la omne_fw-la corrumperet_fw-la pride_n alone_o will_v spoil_v all_o the_o good_a gift_n of_o god_n and_o make_v they_o of_o little_a account_n 2._o pride_n threaten_v the_o decay_n of_o grace_n no_o grace_n can_v lodge_v and_o flourish_v in_o a_o proud_a heart_n god_n give_v grace_n to_o the_o humble_a but_o take_v it_o away_o from_o the_o proud_a 2._o ut_fw-la superbia_fw-la est_fw-la orige_n omnium_fw-la criminum_fw-la ita_fw-la &_o ruina_fw-la cunctarum_fw-la virtutum_fw-la hect._n pintus_fw-la in_o ezek._n 15._o superbus_n instar_fw-la inanis_fw-la rami_fw-la se_fw-la erigit_fw-la in_o sublime_a nòn_n animae_fw-la utilitatèm_fw-la quaerens_fw-la sed_fw-la vanitatem_fw-la hector_n pintus_fw-la in_o ezek._n cap._n 2._o one_o observe_v that_o pride_n be_v the_o great_a thief_n in_o the_o world_n for_o whereas_o covetousness_n take_v away_o pity_n to_o the_o poor_a luxury_n chastity_n and_o anger_n patience_n etc._n etc._n pride_n take_v away_o humility_n which_o be_v the_o root_n and_o foundation_n of_o all_o grace_n great_a spoil_n do_v the_o devil_n carry_v away_o from_o the_o field_n of_o pride_n that_o he_o care_v not_o what_o a_o man_n have_v so_o he_o can_v make_v he_o proud_a a_o proud_a man_n with_o all_o grace_n if_o that_o be_v possible_a be_v worse_o than_o a_o humble_a man_n with_o all_o sin_n if_o it_o be_v possible_a say_v chrysostome_n according_a to_o the_o measure_n of_o humility_n be_v the_o measure_n of_o other_o grace_n in_o the_o heart_n humility_n empty_v the_o soul_n for_o god_n to_o fill_v it_o it_o empty_v it_o of_o temporal_a thing_n and_o then_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v fill_v with_o spiritual_a blessing_n the_o church_n be_v lilium_fw-la convallium_fw-la a_o lily_n of_o the_o valley_n the_o shower_n of_o heaven_n run_v from_o the_o lofty_a mountain_n into_o the_o low_a valley_n gregor_n humilitas_fw-la intelligentiae_fw-la lumen_fw-la aperit_fw-la superbia_fw-la operit_fw-la gregor_n soak_v they_o and_o make_v they_o very_o fruitful_a the_o mountain_n be_v dry_a hard_a barren_a cold_a full_a of_o dangerous_a precipice_n so_o the_o proud_a be_v full_a of_o the_o dryness_n of_o indevotion_n their_o heart_n be_v harden_v they_o be_v barren_a and_o unfruitful_a in_o good_a work_n they_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o precipice_n of_o sin_n and_o destruction_n they_o have_v no_o soaking_n from_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o be_v in_o a_o wither_a and_o decay_a condition_n a_o proud_a heart_n be_v a_o cold_a and_o dead_a heart_n the_o mountain_n of_o gilboa_n be_v accurse_v but_o bless_v be_v the_o poor_a in_o spirit_n matth._n bernard_n humilitas_fw-la cordis_fw-la humani_fw-la receptaculum_fw-la gratiae_fw-la divinae_fw-la bernard_n 5.3_o the_o humble_a man_n be_v a_o valley_n sweet_o plant_v and_o water_v say_v dr._n hall_n he_o be_v water_v with_o constant_a dew_n from_o heaven_n his_o heart_n be_v make_v tender_a by_o the_o word_n as_o josiahs_n be_v he_o be_v fruitful_a in_o every_o grace_n and_o good_a work_n a_o proud_a heart_n puff_v up_o with_o self-conceitedness_n of_o grace_n and_o goodness_n enough_o though_o it_o have_v none_o can_v receive_v none_o proud_a man_n be_v like_o the_o cedar_n that_o be_v high_a fair_a and_o flourish_v but_o never_o bear_v fruit_n monach._n god_n give_v good_a grace_n and_o the_o devil_n lay_v in_o wait_n to_o destroy_v they_o aug._n ad_fw-la monach._n humility_n open_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o understanding_n pride_n put_v a_o vail_n upon_o it_o the_o humility_n of_o man_n heart_n be_v the_o receptacle_n of_o god_n grace_n say_v devout_a bernard_n and_o macarius_n say_v it_o will_v make_v a_o man_n even_o spiritual_o covetous_a of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n spirit_n wherein_o the_o rich_a we_o be_v the_o poor_a we_o shall_v seem_v to_o ourselves_o and_o the_o more_o we_o have_v already_o the_o more_o we_o shall_v still_o desire_v which_o be_v a_o commendable_a covetousness_n 5.6_o matth._n 5.6_o as_o our_o saviour_n assure_v we_o pride_n be_v a_o sin_n that_o do_v expose_v the_o soul_n to_o a_o dreadful_a curse_n from_o god_n 119.21_o ps_n 119.21_o thou_o have_v rebuke_v the_o proud_a which_o be_v curse_v say_v david_n which_o do_v err_v from_o thy_o law_n pride_n make_v man_n err_v from_o god_n commandment_n and_o this_o pull_v down_o a_o curse_n upon_o they_o curse_v the_o world_n call_v the_o proud_a happy_a malach._n 3.17_o but_o 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and_o rest_n can_v be_v to_o the_o proud_a in_o heart_n a_o proud_a man_n like_o the_o cloud_n be_v toss_v with_o every_o blast_n and_o tempest_n he_o have_v no_o rest_n in_o his_o windy_a spirit_n his_o heart_n be_v still_o in_o fear_n he_o be_v like_o a_o wave_n of_o the_o sea_n toss_v to_o and_o fro_o pride_n cut_v off_o the_o comfort_n of_o the_o soul_n he_o that_o walk_v most_o humble_o walk_v most_o comfortable_o as_o god_n dwell_v with_o humble_a soul_n so_o when_o they_o lie_v low_a before_o he_o 57.15_o isa_n 57.15_o and_o be_v even_o dead_a to_o sense_n god_n will_v revive_v the_o spirit_n of_o the_o humble_a pride_n and_o vainglory_n be_v spiritual_a spider_n if_o they_o enter_v into_o our_o heart_n and_o we_o do_v not_o hunt_v they_o out_o again_o as_o the_o bee_n do_v the_o corporal_a spider_n out_o of_o their_o hive_n we_o shall_v soon_o see_v the_o store-house_n of_o our_o conscience_n to_o be_v much_o trouble_v and_o perplex_v i_o have_v read_v of_o bernard_n have_v 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ira_fw-la meipsum_fw-la superbia_fw-la deum_fw-la hugo_n de_fw-fr s._n victore_fw-la god_n be_v say_v to_o dwell_v with_o the_o humble_a though_o