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	jesus_n	son_n	14,487	5	5.3429	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88634	Sir Charles Lucas his last speech at the place of execution, where hee was shot to death.	Lucas, Charles, Sir, 1613-1648.; Coke, Roger, fl. 1696.	1648 (1648)	Wing L3390; Thomason E462_20; ESTC R205073	1,562	7

Sir Charles Lucas HIS LAST SPEECH At the place of Execution where hee was shot to Death Dept the 7th London Printed for R. Smithurst neer Pye-corner 1648. HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE THE SUBSTANCE Of the first Speech by Sir Charles Lucas After notice was given Him that he must be shot to death Gentlemen Souldiers AS I am a free-borne English-man I desire that I may have the benefit of the Lawes of the Land That I may see my accusers and plead face to face and have liberty to put in my Answer and bee tryed by indifferent Judges Was it ever knowne that a man did suffer in this kind in cold blood by such an order as this after a surrender by Treaty upon termes of Mercy Oh what mercy can there be in death save onely that one kind is not so bitter as another I doe humbly desire this favour if it may be that I may have the liberty to speak with the Lord Generall by whose power I am thus condemned to suffer death I have something which I would impart unto His Excellency that I hope may give him such satisfaction as may cause this bloody cloud to bee removed from over my head Sir Charles Lucases last speech which Hee made at the place of Execution Good people I Am now to pay that debt which wee all owe every man must dye that is most certaine but how or when is not knowne to any It is my chance now though unhappily in blood none of you know when it may be any of your turnes As for my offence it is you all know for maintaining His Majesties Cause which hath been according to my judgement and I beleeve that I went the right way And I am sure I was firme to that Cause I undertooke But seeing I must dye and that there is no way to obtaine mercy but that I must now finish my course in this way to which I beseech Almighty God to assist me to dye with comfort in my Saviour I bequeath my soule into the hands of my Maker God the Father Son and Holy-Ghost three Persons and one God Oh! doe thou my Lord God almighty for my blessed Saviour the Lord Jesus sake receive my soule to eternall glory I have lived a Protestant and a Protestant here I dye in the faith of the Church of England that hath beene established so many yeares As for my body I doe desire you that it may be decently carried to my owne house and that my friends my have liberty to interre it with my Ancestors and set it in the vault of the Church where they were laide before me And in the interim that there bee no incivillity offered to my body here when I am dead and that my corps may remaine quiet without molestation when it is carried away As for these Souldiers who stand ready to shoot me I yeeld my life to their hands and I pray God to forgive them I do freely from my heart forgive them And so to thee O Lord I commend my soul Lord Jesus receive my spirit Oh Father Son and Holy Ghost receive my soul to thy mercy Come Lord Jesus receive my soule And so being shot he fell down and dyed A Speech made by C. R. one of the Lord Generalls Officers in answer to Sir Charles Lucas his first speech Sir Charles You have surrendered this Garrison upon mercy which word mercy you desired might be explained which was accordingly by your Commissioners and ours the explanation you well know was that you should be rendred to us with certaine assurance of Quarter so as the Lord Generall may be free to put some immediatly to the sword if wee see Cause And do you now dispute the case against your selfe and your owne Act. His Excellency you know may execute you all all the cheife Officers among you And that he saves any it is mercy Now that he causeth you and some few others to be executed and saves all the rest how can you call it cruelty A second Speech Spoken by a private Souldier Sir Charles DO you not remember that when we delivered up Froome Garrison as I take it to your selfe upon faire Quarter you notwithstanding killed two of us with your own hand and of forty hanged fourteen more of us afterwards notwithstanding the surrender and your engagement to give Quarter FINIS