Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	essence_n	father_n	holy_a	5,479	5	5.9009	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00514	The yong mans gleanings Gathered out of diuers most zealous and deuout fathers, and now published for the benefit of euerie Christian man, which wisheth good successe to his soule at the later day. Containing these foure subiects. 1 Of the mortality of man. 2 The poore mans harbour. 3 The mirror of vaine-glory. 4 Saint Barnards sermon on the passion of Christ. Whereunto is adioyned a most sweete and comfortable hymne, expressing the euerlasting ioy of a glorified soule. By R.B. gent.	R. B., Gent.; Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673, attributed name.; Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153. aut	1614 (1614)	STC 1065; ESTC S115857	39,366	120

of thy maiestie from the beginning O eternall substantiall and inaccessible cleere and delectable streame of that fountaine hid from the eies of all mortall men whose beginning is without beginning whose bottome is without bottome whose periodde is without period whose circuit is incircumscrutable whose puritie is imperturbable The heart of the Almightie hath sent thee O my soule out of his impenetrable Abysse O life from thee haue wee in all fullnesse receiued life from thy light haue wee receiued light thou that art eternall hast made vs eternall thou that art boundlesse hast made vs boundlesse making vs in all things equall to thy selfe For thou that art the most plentifull fountaine of euery perfect gift hast vouchsafed to conuay the precious Riuer of thy seauen fould graces into our hearts to enrich vs with thy secret treasures and with the sweetenesse thereof to allay the saltnesse of this sea that is of our infirmities O thou Spring of the oile of gladnesse thou riuer of pure wine thou torrent of entire zeale the holie Spirit our comforter beeing sent vnto the world by the Father and thee to both he is equall in dignity of essence filleth all things contayneth al things being spirit of the spirit of thy Father one of both as the indiuiduall communion vniting both a soulder vniting a coniunction indissoluing and that peace which passeth all vnderstanding This is the well of thy comforts O Lord by which thou daily supportest and with pleasant obiects most abundantly refreshest that delicate and glorious City Hierusalem is aboue where those glorious and flamie Organs doe incessantly sing Hymnes in the voice of exultation and feasting with the desired tunes whereof the hungry iawes of thy people in the daies of this their pilgrimation craue dayly to bee refreshed Suffer O Father the little dogges to feede on the crums which fall from their masters table Send out your dewe O Heauens from aboue and let the cloudes raine vpon the righteous him O Lord whom thou hast made zelous of thy lawes Purge we beseech thee O Lord with the sallatorie of thy word the religious first fruits of thy people being a testimonie of our solemne celebration of this time renew illuminate inflame inspire confirme and vnite the hearts of all beleeuers vnto thee that they may bee one tast one and with all vnanimitie require apprehend see and glorifie thee our only God in Sion Let glorie thankes honour and power be attributed to the indiuiduall Trinity for euermore Amen Quaedam sententiae eaeque vere Aureolae ad humanae mentis intimam deuotionem inflammandam excerptae Qui de se humiliter sentit haec legat CHristus qui pro nobis passionem sustulit in fructus passionis nos promouebit vt sicut spinarum coronâ tempora eius figebantur gaudiorum mercede mentes nostrae illustrentur Hic viximus in dolore illic afficiemur Honore Honore dei qui mundano Honori maxime aduersatur ille enim a christianis qui sub vexillo suo meruerunt possidetur Hic autem ab Ethnicis qui eorum famam auxerunt petitur O quam incundum est in domo tua domine habitare vbi nullo metu nulla cupiditate nullo motu distrahimur videntes vero faciem tuam meridiana luce multo clariorem laeitia vultus tuisatiamur Hic dilectus est meus quem quaerit mens mea quaeret nec desistet donec cum quaerendo inueniet A MOST DEVOVT MEDITATION of Saint Barnard entreating of the miserie of man and examination of the last Iudgement TOuching the outward man I descend from those parents who ere I was borne made me forlorne Sinners beget sinners in their sinne nourishing them from sinne vnto sinne miserable man hath brought his miserable issue to light from my parents I haue nothing but miserie and sinne and this corruptible body which I carrie about with me And to them I hasten who are departed hence by the death of their Bodies whose Sepulchers when I behold I finde nothing in them but dust and wormes filthines and horror what I am haue they been and what they are I shall be What am I miserable man engendred of liquid humour at the time of my conception I was conceiued of humane seed which seede afterwards growing thicke by encreasing little by little became flesh whence weeping and shriking I was exposed to the exile of this world and behold now I die being full of iniquities and abhominations Euen now shall I bee presented before a fearefull Iudge that will take an exact accompt of all my workes Woe is me wretch that I am when that day shall come and those bookes shall be opened wherein all my actions and cogitations shal be reiected in the presence of God O then shall I stand fearefull before the Lord in iudgement hanging downe my head and confessing my shame remembring the offences I haue committed and the sinceritie of a pure conscience which I haue defiled and when it shall be said of me behold the man and his workes then shall I set before mine eyes all my sinnes and transgressions for it will come to passe by a certaine diuine instinct that all our workes both good and euill shall come vnto our remembrance and by the piercing sight of the minde shall be apprehended by a wonderfull quickenesse to the end knowledge might accuse or excuse conscience and so all vniuersally and euery one distinctly might together be iudged each man shall giue accompt what he hath done of all to all how ended how begunne for what we are now ashamed to confesse priuately shal be then manifested publikely and what we now seeke to shadow by dissembling shall be discussed by the fire of reuenge euer burning Swift flaming fire shall scorch with boundlesse rage and by how much longer God hath expected our amendment by so much more seuerely will he punish vs because we were negligent Why therefore doe we so greatly desire this life wherein the longer we liue the more we offend for by how much our life is longer by so much bee our offences more For daily are euils encreased but goodnes diminished daily is man changed by prosperitie and aduersitie yet knoweth not he when he shall die for as a glittering starre coasting swiftly in heauen suddenly vanisheth or as a sparke of fire is quickely extinguished and turnes to ashes so soone the dissolutiō of mans life for whilest man soiorneth willingly and ioifully in this world promiseth himselfe to liue long disposing many of his affairs for succeeding times suddenly is he surprised by death vnawares is his soule taken frō his body yet with great feare and vnmeasurable griefe is his soule separated frō his body For the Angels come to take it and bring it before the Tribunall seat of that fearefull Iudge where remembring his euill works nay his most impious workes which he hath committed night or day he trembleth seeking to flie from them and to take truce with them saying