Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	father_n	heart_n	son_n	17,006	5	5.6134	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04127	The oath of allegeance defended by a sermon preached at a synode in the Metropoliticall Church of Yorke; by Thomas Ireland, Bachelour in Diuinitie.	Ireland, Thomas, b. 1577 or 8.	1610 (1610)	STC 14267; ESTC S119564	25,917	46

men to halt betweene two opinions and therefore Christians should hate such amphibologies as they loue God reason and religion To conclude the scope and duties of this oath are honest being faith loue and peace The example hath ben sorted in many Councels Fathers histories the promise is a conscionable protestation of a loyall heart This oath is like shibboleth if you pronounce it right you shal bee receiued if not reiected like Ioshuaes question art thou on ourside or on our aduersaries like Ichues demand of Ionadab if thine heart bee right towards me as mine towards thee then ascend into my chariot if you loue the safegard of your Prince as hee tenders your safety you shall purchase his fauour take it then as giuen by good authority Prayer is a duty most necessarie to be made for Kings we must not pray without faith for without faith it is impossible to please God what wee beleeue we may well sweare and therefore we may sweare for our Princes honour and safety an oath is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an end of all controuersie Now there is a controuersie whether he which takes the Pope for his God can take the King for his maister and this oath wil determine it An oath is to be taken saith Isocrates 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 either to cleere thy selfe of some filthy crime and what fowler then high treason or to free thy friend from a danger and what greater then such a suspicion It is reason they that receiue protection should promise loue and dutie to him which is the cause of it is honest to professe with our mouthes what wee meane in our heartes obseruance where it is deserued It is a duty which the Pope in far stricter terms exacts of al Emperours Iesuits Priests and Auertites from our profession why should not Christian kings require all faithfulnesse of their subiects Kings may command a publicke fast as the King of Niniue did vnto man and beast or publike feastes as Mardochaeus and Maccabaeus did vnto the Iewes or publick oblations as Moses to the making of the Tabernacle and Iosiah to the repairing of the Temple or publicke prayers as Dauid indited holy Psalmes to be sung in the Sanctuary and therefore may compose and impose an oath which is not so praecise a part of religion an oath is vsed in couenants of reconcilement as betweene Abraham and Abimelech and should not we rather be reconciled with our King then a stranger it is a motiue of diligence as when Saul swore the Souldiers they should not eate they were more earnest vpon their enimies it is as a vow before God and man of that which law conscience and humanity requireth at our hands and vowes in lawfull matters are neuer to be reproued This was vsed of heathens amongst themselues as the Romane cittizens were sworne vnto their lawes cōmonwealth of Christians to heathens as the Christian Souldiers did praestare Sacramentum take a sacred oath of their Captaines to rest at their command of heathens to the faithfull as Iacob tooke an oath of Laban swearing by his Gods Iusiur andum saith one quia ius omne nihil nisi ius iurandum est wee should so much obserue the lawes that we might sweare the performance Kings being keepers of each table may sweare their subiects to the keeping of both lawes most chiefly that which concernes God or thēselues for they be first chiefly meant mentioned in the commandments let me then say with Salomon I aduertise thee to take heed vnto the mouth of the king and the wordes of the oath of God for the Kings sake obserue the oath for the oaths sake obserue the King for Gods sake obserue both God oath and King Oh blessed God by whom Kings reigne and Princes decree iustice preserue thy Seruant our Soueraigne in thy truth peace and loue set him as a signet on thine hart with inward grace and fauour still embrace and encrease him set him as a signet on thy hand with outward force and power still protect and defend him giue him a long life a safe estate a wise heart a louing care honour amongst his owne and victories against his eninemies Grant this most mercifull Father for thy Sonne Christ Iesus sake to whom with thee thy most holy Spirit be giuen honour and dominion now and euer Amen FINIS