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
B01030	[Cautels preservatory concerning the preservation of the gods which are kept in the pyx]		1548 (1548)	STC 4877.2; ESTC S96002	4,405	14

awaie with the wind for they be but light and of smale substaunce Item ye must marke wel the nūbre of thē the ye may put into the pixt as many as ye take out and so shall ye be sure that ye haue lost none of thē Item you shal remember the ye must all wayes haue an od God for they maye not be euen in numbre Item if they be mold or musty or grene or euil coloured ye shal wype thē with a fine cloth vpō a fram made of four stickes ley thē on it one by one eche one by him selfe hold the same frame ouer a chafingedishe of coles into the which coles ye shal cast the pouder of brimstone which wyll make thē white againe but ye must remember to torne them oft Item it shal be cōuement for you to know how to preserue thē frō mites or wormes which thing ye may wel do if it be possible on this wise Ye shal anoint or rub the inner side of the pixt or cup wherein ye kepe thē with a lytel wormwode tansey or rue in time of yere whē ye may haue the herbes And when ye can not cume by the herbes conueniently thē shal ye take a litel of the pouder of mintes and strewe amonge them or the pouder of coloquintida whyche is white wil agre wel with the colour of thē wyl not suffer anye wormes to breade where it is by the meanes of the bitternes thereof Item ye shal take good hede and remēber vnto whom and what persons these that be so trimmed ought to be ministred for if ye shall minister them to heal they and well tasting persons it wil be easily espied and may peraduentre cause thē to spit them out agayne whereof may arise diuerse in conueniences wherfore ye shall all waye kepe them for sicke folke and suche as can not sauoure thinges wel in ther mouthes for they wyl impute it to their euyl tast ye it may so proue that they maye the soner recouer theyr health for by the bitternes proprietie therof they beynge prouoked to laxe or vomite may eiecte and cast out such humors as be the cause of their sicknes so become hole whcihe thinge the comon people wyll repute as a greate miracle and giue much glory to your goddes therefore Item to auoyde the mishappes that might betide them by vermyne as mouse rat wesel munkay or spaniel ye must be circūspecte and take hede on euery hand especially when ye take them out or put them in the boxe and loke that ye leaue none abrode for ofte tymes it hath be sene that they haue benne deuoured by suche meane and wyth suche kynde of vermine Item ye oughte to caste an eye toward your God when ye be in your bisy memento after the leuation for whilse ye wincke and hold your handes before youre nose and eies it may chaunce some robin redbrest whiche amonge all other birdes is most hardy sauce pert and homely to season vpon it flie away cleane therewith whiche done ye knowe in what perilous and daungerous case ye stande in Wherefore it standeth in youre hande to be well ware and wise therof Itē if ye haue any tame sparowe or other thinge which is familier with you take good hede to them or eles leaue them at home for the time for straunge things hath happened by suche to the disworshippe of youre goddes Item haue in minde that whyle he lieth on the altare ye set the fote of the chalice vpon the edg of your God lest the wind by whipynge sodenly get vnder him blowe him a way or about the chauncel to youre shame dishonour of your goddes which he defēd that dwelleth in the pixt aboue dayly sensing in out bi a stryng betwene the altare and the roffe to whom be honoure worship and prayse worthye Amen If any or al of these wil not healpe then ye must vse your olde order of burning or buriyng of them wherin I know wel ye be expert inough and so well practised the I nede not to instruct you ther in or shewe you any thyng therto belonginge ☞ These haue I wryttē to you vndesired to th end that ye shoulde auoyde slannder and infamy More shal ye haue shortly God willinge the whiche I thinke wil be very necessary for you And be you assured that as long as I am able to wryte say or do ye shal not fayle of healp or ayde after the blout sorte as ye se I haue shewed in this litel treatise the which I doubt not ye wil acept none other wise thē I iudge in you to do for sure I am that ye forget me not in your prayers and beneditions wherein ye be more besy and deuout then I woulde ye should be for my parte Neuerthelesse I trust I spede not the worsse for them but the better by defēce and goodnes of the Lord Iesus Christe who sitteth on the right hand of God the father with the holy gost and from thence shall come a very man vnite wythe his godhead to iudge all the world in whose sight al vile false and stinkyng godes and Idoles with their worshippers and makers shal be cō founded And vnto him with the father and the holy spirite be honoure and praise for euer and euer and to all that beleue only in hym eternal ioye thorowe the same Lorde Iesus Christe Amen