Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	deed_n	flesh_n	mortify_v	5,880	5	10.8136	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65230	An equal ballance wherein the ministers and churches of the Anabaptists (so called) are truly weighed and by a just and lawful tryal ... they are fully proved and clearly manifested to be neither ministers nor churches of Jesus Christ, but in very many particulars they appear in a great measure to differ from them ... : being an answer to a libel published by (or in the behalf of) Thomas Collier, entituled The hypocrisie and falshood of Thomas Salthouse discovered ... / written by Robert Wastfield.	Wastfield, Robert, fl. 1647-1665.	1659 (1659)	Wing W1033; ESTC R25195	43,521	54

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have_v discover_v thou_o and_o thy_o unclean_a spirit_n and_o thy_o fruit_n do_v manifest_v thou_o to_o all_o who_o have_v a_o eye_n open_a to_o see_v thou_o and_o though_o thou_o pretend_v a_o care_n for_o truth_n and_o poor_a soul_n yet_o thou_o be_v find_v to_o be_v one_o of_o truth_n great_a enemy_n and_o one_o that_o labour_v to_o keep_v soul_n in_o blindness_n and_o ignorance_n and_o by_o this_o work_n of_o wickedness_n thou_o haft_n endeavour_v to_o touch_v the_o lord_n be_v anoint_v and_o to_o harm_v his_o prophet_n for_o which_o the_o lord_n will_v reprove_v thou_o in_o the_o day_n of_o account_n which_o be_v near_o at_o hand_n thou_o recite_v some_o of_o t._n s._n his_o word_n in_o the_o title_n page_n of_o his_o book_n where_o he_o say_v the_o exaltation_n of_o the_o spiritual_a man_n with_o his_o ordinance_n and_o administration_n above_o the_o man_n of_o sin_n with_o the_o weak_a and_o unprofitable_a ordinance_n that_o do_v not_o make_v the_o comer_n there_o unto_o 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whether_o thou_o be_v not_o manifest_o guilty_a of_o that_o evil_n which_o thou_o false_o charge_v upon_o he_o but_o because_o there_o be_v some_o word_n of_o truth_n mix_v with_o thy_o unclean_a filthy_a language_n though_o it_o come_v out_o of_o a_o pollute_a vessel_n i_o shall_v separate_v it_o from_o the_o rest_n and_o when_o the_o jewel_n be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o swine_n snout_n the_o remainder_n may_v be_v bundle_v up_o for_o the_o fire_n thou_o say_v the_o spiritual_a man_n must_v be_v the_o light_n within_o to_o which_o i_o say_v the_o spiritual_a man_n be_v light_a and_o the_o light_n of_o christ_n be_v spiritual_a and_o the_o spiritual_a man_n be_v within_o even_o the_o hide_a man_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o he_o that_o know_v not_o this_o spiritual_a man_n live_v in_o he_o be_v not_o a_o member_n of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n and_o he_o in_o who_o the_o spiritual_a man_n live_v do_v thereby_o mortify_v the_o deed_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o his_o mortal_a body_n come_v to_o be_v quicken_v by_o the_o spirit_n which_o dwell_v in_o he_o and_o hereby_o he_o be_v make_v a_o member_n of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n and_o no_o otherwise_o and_o come_v to_o partake_v of_o his_o ordinance_n and_o know_v his_o administration_n and_o so_o come_v to_o be_v exalt_v above_o the_o man_n of_o sin_n and_o stand_v over_o all_o the_o beggarly_a rudiment_n and_o traditional_a invent_a will-worship_n set_v up_o in_o the_o imagination_n which_o do_v not_o purify_v the_o heart_n nor_o purge_v the_o conscience_n from_o dead_a work_n nor_o give_v victory_n over_o the_o world_n and_o so_o make_v not_o the_o comer_n thereunto_o or_o practiser_n of_o they_o perfect_a but_o perish_v with_o the_o use_v and_o this_o be_v not_o fancy_n nor_o imagination_n but_o sound_a and_o wholesome_a doctrine_n according_a to_o the_o scripture_n of_o truth_n neither_o do_v we_o at_o any_o time_n persuade_v any_o to_o follow_v their_o own_o fancy_n and_o imagination_n as_o thou_o most_o 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