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	holy_a	jesus_n	13,652	5	5.8822	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80703	A covenant for religion, king & countrey. Made by the lords, knights, gentlemen, burgesses, ministers, and Commons of the Kingdome of Scotland. VVherein they declare how they are bound in conscience to defend the true Protestant religion, and the kings person, with the laws of the kingdome. Wherunto is annexed, His Maties [sic] entertainment at Hereford on Saterday last, being the first of October. With a worthy speech spoken to his Majesty by the recorder of Hereford. Wherein is manifested to His Majesty the lamentable condition that this kingdome will be in, if war should continue. Withall declaring the resolution of that city, to stand for the king and Parliament.		1642 (1642)	Wing C6616; Thomason E121_19; ESTC R22528	3,631	8

comming of our Lord Jesus Christ to whom with the Father and the holy Spirit bee all honour and glory eternally A Worthy Speech spoken to the Kings most Excellent Majesty by the Recorder of Hereford MOst gratious Soveraigne according to our Allegiance wee are here assembled to entertaine your Majesty and to give that welcome which shall become us your distressed Subjects yet loyall liege-people We with all joy acknowledge that the Sunne never appeared more welcome to the halfe starved traveller benum'd with the cold moysture of a hory morne where the white dew like to congealed Pearle hangs on his haire by which he dos appeare almost a frozen Statue then now your gratious presence is to us almost despayring frozen up with feare with visible appearances of danger death and destruction rapine and thousands more calamities such as will bring terrour in the meere relation O my dread Soveraigne let but your Servant put into your mind the dire effects of Warre when flourishing Cities shall be turned to dust nay this yet flourishing Kingdom shall become it 's owne destroyer buried in the tombe of blood and slaughter when our young infants shall be rudely torne from the sad mothers breast whose shrieks and cries serve as sad musique to the sacrifice when our young virgins and our wives shall be subject to bloudy cruelty when death shall triumph and the friends of Rome whose only aymes are to destroy the Lawes religion of the Kingdome nay the King too if not prevented your selfe most gratious Sov●raigne must suffer with your Subjects if their hell-bred designes should ever take effect therefore great King now while you may returne and joyne in peace with those who like to teeming mothers long for your wished presence or like to loving children who finding the want of an indulgent parent with an excessive sorrow mournes his absence even so your Councell with an industrious care and loyall sorrow mourne for your sacred selfe because your splendant favour hath been kept so long from shining on them their actions like to flowers in a dry sommer want the dew of your high favour which should make them flourish with naturall sweetnesse wherefore they are enforced to use sOme art to bring them to a growth and make them usefull for the generall good bu would you deigne to cast one splendant beame on their endeavours and to lend a hand to raise their drooping hopes then peace should flourish those that seeke for war should fall into that pit themselves have digged O then Dread soveraigne abandon straight those Achans of the Land let not atscintion or domestique strife revell within this Kingdame but let peace a bleffed religious peace be straight embraced so shall your Crown and Throne endure for ever and joy shall circumvent you your Subjects feare shall cease and you shall see let Law have power who is an enemy to Englands peace and what they are that strive to ruine England could their Plots but thrive I feare I have displeased if not your Majestie yet some of your retinue which if I have I must conclude that they are guilty of what I mention for otherwise what need they seeme offended at that which they are free of As touching what Your Majesty shall command we are ready to obey so far as Law or Religion will give way but if any command shall happen contrary our lives and fortunes shall be exposed to the most eminent danger in opposition of any such command Thus trusting in Your Majesties Royall disposition we rest according to our bounden duty Your Majesties loyall and obedient Subjects in which we are resolved to live and die FINIS