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
A19523	A short treatise declaringe the detestable wickednesse, of magicall sciences as necromancie. coniurations of spirites, curiouse astrologie and such lyke. Made by Francis Coxe	Coxe, Francis, fl. 1560.	1561 (1561)	STC 5950; ESTC S105100	9,432	34

of whome all the worlde speaketh whose woorkes remayne vnto this daye of whose ende are diuerse opinions some rumors haue ben that whā he rode abrode he had alwayes a blacke dogge waytinge vpon him whiche dogge one day in iourneinge caryed hym awaye body and soule some say that the sworde seperate his headde from the bodye soo that hys ende is vncertayne and moste like it is that he endid after some straunge sorte that the trueth therof is no more manifest Fabiane in hys Cronicles the seuenth parte and where he writeth of Carolus the eyghte speaketh of a certayne mayde experte in these sciences called La pucelle de dieu that is too saye the mayde of God who by her knowledge caused the Frenchmen marueylouslye too preuayle in their marciall affaires as more copiously doeth in the alleged place appeare But almightye God whiche for●●●●son suffereth suche sorcerye and dyuelishe wayes too prospere and raygne too the correction of sinners lastely too showe hys power and that no good Christen menne shoulde falle intoo anye erroure he sheweth the clearnes of suche misticall thinges and so he did in this for she by a knight Burgonion was taken and after sent to Roane in Normandye too the duke of Somerset and there brente for her de merites Sainct Dunstane of whom Bale in his boke intituled the actes of the English votaries writeth sufficiently beinge one of this sorte and facultie after diuers sondry prodigeous signes in the element sene departed this lyfe a swarme of deuels cōuaying away hys corps Ihon Grecian that coniuringe Pope after he had doon many deuelish thinges as testifieth Martinꝰ Carsulanus Platina in vitis Pontificum was of the deuell as he was dooinge his feates in a forest strangled to death What maye we saye of Stansholde of late time whiche was experte in these sciēces whiche for robbinge of a colledge in the vniuersitie of Oxforde was hanged at the townes ende for his demerites Many haue ended their lyues after these suche lyke sortes of whome if I shoulde write it wolde conteyne an infinite volume and that is most horrible where thou seest one repent a numbre are soo soddenly taken that they haue no tyme of repentaunce Wherefore I saye to suche of that sorte repent and amēde your lyues you Adders brode and learne by hym that hath felt the smarte to fle from greater mischeues too come for euen now is the axe put vnto the rote of the tree therefore deferre no tyme. And now 〈…〉 th●●e that hereafter shalbe moued by the prouocation of the deuell either to practice the lyke or to seke for counsayll or aduice of them that do vse and practise these blasphemous sciences knowe ye that euen as the good corne is with the fan purged from the chaffe so all those be separated from the elect and chosen of God as in the former parte of my treatice I shewed by thexample of kynge Saule God him selfe hath promised in his most holy and sacred scriptures no lesse to do also for the punishment of suche hathe by his owne decre in the .xx. of Leuiticus appointed sharpe correction sayinge And if a man or woman haue a spirite of diuination or sothsaying in them they shall dye the death they shall stone them to deathe their bloudde shalbe vpon them A moste worthy punishemente for suche rebellious traitours For if we iudge him worthy of death that euel reporteth of an earthely prince what shall we saye by him that blasphemeth the kynge of all kinges his Lorde and onely sauiour They can not saye that ignoraunce is y cause of their euel disposed lyfe for God hath manifestly forbidden the vse therof not in one or two places but in sondrye Thus he sayeth Deuteronomie the .xviii. when thou shalt come into the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee thou shalte not lerne to do after the abhominations of those nations let none be founde amonge you that maketh his sonne or his doughter to go through the fyre or that vseth wytheraft or a regarder of times or marker of the fleinge of foules or a sorcerer or a charmer or y ● counsayleth with spirites or a soothsayer or that asketh counsayll at the dead For all that do suche thinges are abominatiō vnto the Lorde c. Lo here he not onely forbiddeth the vse but commaundeth that those whiche wilbe his people and of his flocke shall not seke helpe at the sorcerers handes Rede the. xxx of the prophet Isaiah and ther shal ye find how he reproueth the chyldren of Israell for sekinge too the Egiptians for helpe who were counted experte in deuelishe artes Ieremiah in hys .x. Chapiter sayeth Heare the worde of the Lord that he speaketh vnto you O house of Israell Thus sayeth the Lorde learne not the waye of the Heathen and be not a fearde for the signes of heauen thought the Heathen be afrayde of suche for the customes of the people are vanitie O how directé are the lawes of the Lord how playne are his pathes how swete are thei to them that fulfille them for it preserueth them from endles deathe and payne If we do embrace and folowe theym we shall not only be sure here in this world to lyue withoute dredde or feare safe from oure enemies both boddely and ghostely but after this lyfe we shalbe crouned with the croune of euerlastinge ioye and felicitie Where as the contrarie and suche as will take no admonission but lyue inordinately shalbe condemned to euerlasting terrour whose tormentes no tonge is able to expresse This God of mercye hathe offred hys grace wherfore refuse it not but with all humble heartes embrace it beseching him so to strengthen you with his holy spirite that this lyfe endid we maye heare thys confortable sayinge of oure Sauioure Come ye blessed children of my Father possesse ye the kyngedome prepared for you frō the beginning of the worlde Too the which Father Sōne and holy Spirite be eternall laudes prayses empire and glorie worldes without ende AMEN ¶ Finis