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	know_v	lord_n	5,361	5	3.8378	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66066	The way to heaven by water concomitated, by the sweet-breathing gales of the spirit: wherein, the point of originall sinne is touched; infants baptisme justified, and how far the guilt of originall sinne, in the elect, is therein ordinarily removed, &c. Delivered in severall lectures at Kingston upon Hull, by John Waite, B.D, and lecturer there for the present. Imprimatur, Jas. Craford, Decemb: 2, 1644.	Waite, John, fl. 1666.	1645 (1645)	Wing W221B; ESTC R220794	49,203	52

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after_o unde_fw-la incipit_fw-la hominis_fw-la renovatio_fw-la here_o man_n renovation_n begin_v and_o tom._n 7._o lib._n 1._o de_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la meritis_fw-la cap._n 9_o speak_v of_o the_o pelagian_o deny_v original_a sin_n hinc_fw-la enim_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o paroulis_fw-la nolunt_fw-la credere_fw-la per_fw-la baptismun_n solvi_fw-la originale_fw-la peccatum_fw-la they_o will_v not_o beleove_fw-mi that_o original_a sin_n be_v be_v take_v away_o in_o child_n by_o baptism_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 28._o although_o law_n of_o concupiscence_n remain_v in_o our_o member_n manente_fw-la ipsa_fw-la reatus_fw-la ejus_fw-la solvitus_fw-la though_o it_o abide_v yet_o the_o guilt_n of_o it_o be_v take_v away_o and_o then_o it_o follow_v sed_fw-la eisolvitur_fw-la qui_fw-la saccamentum_fw-la regeneration●s_fw-la accaepit_fw-la renov_fw-mi ●●ique_fw-la jam_fw-la caepit_fw-la be_v take_v away_o in_o such_o as_o have_v receive_v the_o sacrament_n of_o regeneration_n and_o now_o have_v begin_v to_o be_v renew_v lib._n 6._o contra_fw-la julianum_fw-la ergo_fw-la quia_fw-la &_o parvuli_fw-la baptizantur_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la peccato_fw-la moriuntur_fw-la &_o a_o potestate_fw-la tenebrarum_fw-la ubi_fw-la natura_fw-la silij_fw-la ira_fw-la fucrant_fw-la erunutur_fw-la child_n be_v baptize_v in_o to_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n and_o die_v to_o sin_n and_o although_o by_o nature_n they_o be_v the_o child_n of_o wrath_n yet_o be_v they_o hereby_o pluck_v out_o of_o the_o power_n of_o darkness_n lib._n 1._o contra_fw-la 2._o ep._n pelag._n cap._n 13._o &_o ipsa_fw-la carni●_n concupiscentiain_n baptism_n sic_fw-la dimittitur_fw-la ut_fw-la quanquam_fw-la tract_n a_o sit_v a_o nascentibus_fw-la nihil_fw-la noceat_fw-la renascentibus_fw-la concupiscence_n in_o baptism_n be_v so_o take_v away_o that_o though_o it_o be_v contract_v to_o posterity_n yet_o it_o hurt_v not_o the_o party_n regenerate_v lib._n the_o nuptii●_n &_o cap._n 23._o haec_fw-la in_o cue_n be_fw-mi 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sin_n persona_fw-la infecit_fw-la naturam_fw-la in_o the_o posterity_n naturain_n fecit_fw-la personam_fw-la and_o i_o answer_v it_o be_v not_o he_o comparative_a in_o regard_n of_o his_o regenerate_a part_n but_o it_o be_v he_o in_o the_o unregenerate_a part_n rom._n 7.15_o i_o allow_v not_o that_o which_o i_o do_v v._o 19_o the_o evil_a which_o i_o will_v not_o that_o do_v i_o for_o the_o whole_a man_n be_v principium_fw-la quod_fw-la both_o of_o good_a and_o bad_a action_n but_o the_o principium_fw-la quo_fw-la of_o evil_a be_v corruption_n of_o good_a god_n grace_n ob._n 4._o the_o guilt_n be_v inseparable_a from_o the_o sin_n i_o answer_v its_o inseperabile_fw-la quoad_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la paenae_fw-la but_o its_o separable_a quoad_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la ad_fw-la paenam_fw-la and_o that_o will_v serve_v to_o keep_v we_o from_o ever_o come_v into_o the_o fire_n of_o hell_n obj._n 5._o what_o be_v proper_o sin_n be_v take_v away_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o christ_n in_o baptism_n 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detrahas_fw-la non_fw-la stat_fw-la baptismatis_fw-la in_o saeramen●um_fw-la that_o be_v in_o the_o sense_n you_o have_v hear_v therefore_o when_o i_o speak_v of_o baptism_n to_o draw_v it_o only_o to_o the_o baptism_n of_o water_n be_v a_o insipid_a conceit_n which_o no_o man_n either_o of_o learning_n or_o ordinary_a brain_n can_v in_o probability_n be_v so_o void_a of_o reason_n as_o to_o affirm_v be_v that_o i_o have_v say_v they_o be_v not_o instrumenta_fw-la physica_fw-la not_o no_o creature_n not_o devoid_a of_o common_a reason_n and_o charity_n will_v have_v once_o offer_v for_o their_o own_o shame_n to_o have_v fasten_v upon_o a_o man_n so_o that_o i_o can_v mean_v only_o the_o act_n of_o baptism_n or_o institution_n without_o operation_n nor_o the_o materiale_a of_o the_o sacrament_n or_o the_o formale_a of_o word_n 3._o and_o last_o though_o all_o the_o father_n that_o i_o have_v read_v speak_v of_o baptism_n in_o definit_o yet_o i_o mean_v not_o of_o all_o in_o general_a 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