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	scripture_n	10,125	5	6.0328	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86433	The growth and spreading of hæresie. Set forth in a sermon preached before the Honorable House of Commons, on the 10th. day of March, being the day of their publike fast and humiliation for the growth of hæresie. / By Thomas Hodges, Minister of Gods Word, at Kensington. Published by order of the House of Commons.	Hodges, Thomas, 1599 or 1600-1672.	1647 (1647)	Wing H2315; Thomason E379_1; ESTC R201396	42,374	73

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quàm_fw-la devitare_fw-la nè_fw-la possint_fw-la etc._n etc._n tertul._n de_fw-fr prescript_n haeret_fw-la i_o beseech_v you_o consider_v they_o be_v of_o too_o 17.4_o too_o rev._n 17.4_o intoxicate_v a_o nature_n fill_v the_o soul_n with_o a_o spiritual_a vertigo_n destroy_v by_o degree_n the_o light_n of_o the_o mind_n 3.1_o mind_n gal._n 3.1_o fascinate_v and_o bewitch_v the_o spirit_n of_o those_o that_o swallow_v they_o neither_o be_v it_o a_o thing_n unusual_a but_o common_a with_o god_n in_o his_o dispensation_n to_o 11._o to_o 2_o thess_n 2_o 10_o 11._o deliver_v up_o such_o to_o strong_a delusion_n that_o believe_v a_o lie_n that_o receive_v not_o the_o truth_n in_o the_o love_n thereof_o oh_o then_o how_o be_v it_o possible_a they_o shall_v ever_o escape_v aug._n escape_v libera_n voluntas_fw-la sine_fw-la gratia_fw-la tota_fw-la vitiosa_fw-la cupiditae_fw-la est_fw-la aug._n when_o grace_n be_v withhold_v whereby_o they_o shall_v escape_v out_o of_o these_o snare_n of_o 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hag-like_a countenance_n but_o it_o be_v their_o paint_n that_o make_v they_o passable_a job_n passable_a haereses_fw-la ornatu_fw-la non_fw-la viscuribus_fw-la pulchrae_fw-la sunt_fw-la foris_fw-la extrinsecus_fw-la ni●●●_n nomine_fw-la justitiae_fw-la se_fw-la dea●●ant_fw-la &c_n &c_n aug._n serm_n 50._o in_o job_n their_o clothing_n be_v fair_a but_o their_o inward_a frame_n be_v monstrous_a they_o outward_o shine_v with_o the_o gilt_n of_o truth_n and_o righteousness_n but_o inward_o there_o be_v nothing_o but_o darkness_n and_o impiety_n in_o they_o be_v conceive_v in_o the_o womb_n of_o 4._o of_o 1_o tim._n 6.3_o 4._o a_o dark_a elate_v mind_n cherish_v by_o vain_a imagination_n self-estimation_n and_o end_n produce_v most_o frequent_o to_o 3._o to_o 2_o pet._n 2_o 3._o gain_v reputation_n and_o the_o like_a advantage_n but_o always_o terminate_a if_o persist_v in_o in_o sad_a 3.1●_n sad_a 2_o thess_n 2.10_o 11_o 12._o 2_o pet._n 2_o 3.1●_n ruin_n and_o destruction_n yet_o see_v the_o madness_n of_o the_o people_n not_o a_o few_o