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	son_n	teach_v	6,372	5	6.6786	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06390	A dialogue between custom and veritie concerning the vse and abuse of dauncing and minstrelsie	Lovell, Thomas.	1581 (1581)	STC 16860; ESTC S109641	21,954	68

deuils confessed that they knew Iesus the holy one Of God to be and of the same high God to be the sonne The deuiles said true héerin and some héerby might haue béen taught To knowe bothe God the Father and the sonne which hath vs bought The maid possessed with the spright of diuination Said Paule and other taught the way of mans saluation Act. 16.17 And that they were the seruants of the moste high God abooue And so they were this many might haue moou'd the trueth to looue Yet Christe the deuils to silence put and cast them out of man And would not suffer them to speak what they did knowe him than Paule cast the spright out of the maid and took it gréeuously That she though true it was indéed of them did testify The learned yéeld this reason why Christe and his Seruant Paule Cast out the deuil because he sought héerby no good at all But craftyly he went about by telling trueth to get Credit with men the better to insnare them in his net And this perswade them if he could that there agréement was Betwéen the deuils and liuing God 1. Cor. 10 which cannot come to passe ●or 6.14 ● And béeing once in credit he might all the euil he could Deuise performe men to destroy and neuer be controlde The Lord the mischéefs did preuent which after might ensue By Sathans sleights wherby in fine to men great profit grew For that they were deliuered from Sathans subtil wile Wherby vnder pretence of good he sought them to beguile The deuil the same is now as then his purpose is all one In minstrels singing godly songs he long about hath gon Therby such credit he hath got that now say what he wil Though handy wicked blasphemous the same he may say stil For wanton and lasciuiouse rimes are cloked vnder mirth And blasphemies go vncontrolde though they be Sathans breth And why forsooth because these men some Godly songs doo sing All must be good nothing refused that from the deuil dooth spring Thus Sathan by permission his purpose hath obtaind Because so long vncasten out in men he hath remaind These mischéefs therfore to redresse the course of them to stay Is sathan to cast out of men this is the redy way The Lord for this this meane hath left the preachers with the woord Must sharply Sathanists rebuke the Magistrates with swoord If these togither ioyned be the deuil for feare wil quake And out of men run to the Swine and haste to hellish lake The cause why men remain possest as yet with this foule sin Is men to execute their charge straine curtūe to begin The yunger post it to the olde the olde with custome drownd For vertue vice for mirth doo take oft Sathans deadly sound The minister that magistrates should first begin doo look The magistrates by ministers that Sathan first be strook But nether strike So Sathan hath his pleasure and his will His whistle doth deceiue the birds and them for euer kill But ministers and magistrates that such sins should remoue Ezech. 3.18 a●d 33.6 Heb. 13.17 And too neglect for these mens blood shall giue account abooue To God whom custom multitude Nor yet the face of man May mittigate but they for this shall feel his anger than If this could sinck into our heads and take root in our hart It would constrain vs wittingly not from Gods law to start But O● mens eares are dul to hear their harts more hard then stone Nothing can pearce their lothsome liues to cause them to bemone God make vs fleshly harts not woorks of flesh to put in vre And therin print his holy lawes for euer to indure If all things you doo bear in mimde which I rehearsed haue I think you wil to prooue my cause no farther reason craue Custome Thy proof is firm no more I craue but yet I meruail much That learned men in former times gainst minstrels brought no such Veritie When learned wights in time of olde blamde dauncers fond delight Héerof which are the cause against vain minstrells they did write By name therfore again to thee I wil not them rehearse This may suffise a godly minde therfore I end my verse Custome God graunt I Custome leue my course and may be calld to grace To yéeld to trueth and not cause men to liue in sinful race That I by length of time and long continuance of ill May not perswade the simple sort The same to practise stil But that I which in time began may yéeld to him that was Before all time is and shal be when all things els shall passe Veritie Me for that which is sayd and prooued let no man rashly spight Not gainst right vse but the abuse of things hath been my fight God graunt his spirit may quicken vs good frute our trées may bring We may not fall in firye lake where dooth no mercy spring God graunt our noble Quéen may reign long time with happy dayes To purge out clean all popish dregs to godlines great staies That godly magistrates may strike and good lawes straightly vse That deuilish sin they sharply scourge that men may vice refuse And that bothe Prince and magistrates and Subiects by Gods grace After this life may rest in heauen all Christians dwelling place FINIS