Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	fervour_n	zeal_n	zealous_a	23	3	9.0629	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51300	Enthusiasmus triumphatus, or, A discourse of the nature, causes, kinds, and cure, of enthusiasme; written by Philophilus Parresiastes, and prefixed to Alazonomastix his observations and reply: whereunto is added a letter of his to a private friend, wherein certain passages in his reply are vindicated, and severall matters relating to enthusiasme more fully cleared.	More, Henry, 1614-1687.; More, Henry, 1614-1687.	1656 (1656)	Wing M2655; ESTC R202933	187,237	340

zeal_n and_o eloquence_n that_o he_o fancy_v himself_o the_o holy-ghost_n 17._o and_o when_o man_n talk_v so_o much_o of_o the_o spirit_n if_o they_o take_v notice_n what_o they_o ordinary_o mean_v by_o it_o it_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o strong_a and_o impetuous_a motion_n whereby_o they_o be_v zealous_o and_o fervent_o carry_v in_o matter_n of_o religion_n so_o that_o fervour_n zeal_n and_o spirit_n be_v in_o effect_n all_o one_o now_o no_o complexion_n be_v so_o hot_a as_o melancholy_a when_o it_o be_v heat_v be_v like_o boil_a water_n as_o aristotle_n obseru_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o that_o it_o transcend_v the_o flame_n of_o fire_n or_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d heat_a stone_n or_o iron_n when_o they_o be_v red_a hot_a for_o they_o be_v then_o more_o hot_a by_o far_o than_o a_o burn_a coal_n we_o shall_v omit_v here_o to_o play_v the_o grammarian_n and_o to_o take_v notice_n how_o well_o aristotle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suit_n with_o the_o very_a word_n zeal_n of_o which_o we_o speak_v but_o shall_v cast_v our_o eye_n more_o careful_o upon_o the_o thing_n themselves_o and_o parallel_v out_o of_o the_o same_o philosopher_n what_o they_o call_v spirit_n to_o what_o he_o affirm_v to_o be_v contain_v in_o melancholy_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o spirit_n then_o that_o wing_n the_o enthusiast_n in_o such_o a_o wonderful_a ●anner_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o that_o flatulency_n which_o be_v in_o the_o melancholy_a complexion_n &_o rise_v out_o of_o the_o hypochondriacal_a humour_n upon_o some_o occasional_a heat_n as_o wind_v out_o of_o a_o aeolipila_n apply_v to_o the_o fire_n which_o fume_n mount_v into_o the_o head_n be_v first_o actuate_v and_o spirit_v and_o somewhat_o refine_v by_o the_o warmth_n of_o the_o heart_n fill_v the_o mind_n with_o variety_n of_o imagination_n and_o so_o quicken_v and_o enlarge_v invention_n that_o it_o make_v the_o enthusiast_n to_o admiration_n fluent_a and_o eloquent_a he_o be_v as_o it_o be_v drink_v with_o new_a wine_n draw_v from_o that_o cellar_n of_o his_o own_o that_o lie_v in_o the_o low_a region_n of_o his_o body_n though_o he_o be_v not_o aware_a of_o it_o but_o take_v it_o to_o be_v pure_a nectar_n and_o those_o water_n of_o life_n that_o spring_n from_o above_o aristotle_n make_v a_o long_a parallelisme_n betwixt_o the_o nature_n and_o effect_n of_o wine_n and_o melancholy_n to_o which_o both_o fernelius_n and_o sennertus_n do_v refer_v 18._o but_o this_o be_v not_o all_o the_o advantage_n that_o melancholy_a afford_v towards_o enthusiasm_n thus_o unexpected_o and_o sudden_o to_o surprise_v the_o mind_n with_o such_o vehement_a fit_n of_o zeal_n such_o stream_n &_o torent_n of_o eloquence_n in_o either_o exhort_v other_o to_o piety_n or_o in_o devotion_n towards_o god_n but_o it_o add_v a_o great_a weight_n of_o belief_n that_o there_o be_v something_o supernatural_a in_o the_o business_n in_o that_o the_o same_o complexion_n discover_v itself_o to_o they_o that_o lie_v under_o it_o in_o such_o contrary_a effect_n for_o as_o it_o be_v thus_o vehement_o hot_a so_o it_o be_v as_o stupid_o cold_a whence_o the_o melancholist_n become_v faithless_a hopeless_a heartless_a and_o almost_o witless_a which_o ebb_v of_o his_o constitution_n must_v needs_o make_v the_o overflow_a of_o it_o seem_v more_o miraculous_a and_o supernatural_a but_o those_o cold_a and_o abject_a fit_n of_o his_o make_v he_o also_o very_o sensible_o and_o winning_o rhetorical_a when_o he_o speak_v of_o disconsolation_n desertion_n humility_n mortification_n and_o the_o like_a as_o if_o he_o be_v true_o and_o voluntary_o carry_v through_o such_o thing_n when_o as_o only_o the_o fatal_a necessity_n of_o his_o complexion_n have_v violent_o drag_v he_o through_o the_o mere_a shadow_n and_o resemblance_n of_o they_o but_o he_o find_v himself_o afterward_o beyond_o all_o hope_n or_o any_o sense_n or_o presage_v of_o any_o power_n in_o himself_o lift_v aloft_o again_o he_o do_v not_o doubt_n that_o any_o thing_n less_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o unexpected_a joy_n and_o triumph_n than_o the_o immediate_a arm_n of_o god_n from_o heaven_n that_o have_v thus_o exalt_v he_o when_o it_o be_v nothing_o indeed_o but_o a_o paroxysm_n of_o melancholy_n which_o be_v like_o the_o break_n out_o of_o a_o flame_n after_o a_o long_a smoke_n and_o reek_v of_o new_a rubbish_n lay_v upon_o the_o fire_n but_o because_o such_o return_n as_o these_o come_v not_o at_o set_a time_n nor_o make_v man_n sick_a but_o rather_o delight_v they_o they_o think_v there_o be_v something_o divine_a therein_o and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o from_o natural_a cause_n 19_o there_o be_v also_o another_o notorious_a mockery_n in_o this_o complexion_n nature_n confident_o avouch_v herself_o to_o be_v god_n who_o the_o apostle_n call_v love_n as_o if_o it_o be_v his_o very_a essence_n when_o as_o indeed_o it_o be_v here_o nothing_o else_o but_o melancholy_n that_o have_v put_v on_o the_o garment_n of_o a_o angel_n of_o light_n there_o be_v nothing_o more_o true_a than_o that_o love_n be_v the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o high_a perfection_n that_o be_v compatible_a to_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n and_o that_o this_o also_o be_v so_o plain_a and_o unavoidable_a that_o a_o man_n may_v be_v in_o a_o very_a high_a degree_n mad_a and_o yet_o not_o fail_v to_o assent_v unto_o it_o nay_o i_o dare_v say_v melancholy_a itself_o will_v be_v his_o monitour_n to_o remind_v he_o of_o it_o if_o there_o be_v any_o possibility_n that_o he_o shall_v forget_v so_o manifest_a and_o palpable_a a_o truth_n for_o the_o sense_n of_o love_n at_o large_a be_v eminent_o comprehend_v in_o the_o temper_n of_o the_o melancholist_n melancholy_a and_o wine_n be_v of_o so_o near_o a_o nature_n one_o to_o the_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o wine_n make_v man_n amorous_a which_o the_o philosopher_n prove_v in_o that_o a_o man_n in_o wine_n will_v kiss_v such_o person_n as_o a_o sober_a man_n will_v scarce_o touch_v with_o a_o pair_n of_o tong_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o age_n and_o ugliness_n and_o assure_o it_o be_v the_o fume_n of_o melancholy_n that_o infatuate_v the_o fancy_n of_o a_o late_a new_a fangle_a religionist_n when_o he_o sit_v so_o kind_o by_o a_o gipsy_n under_o a_o hedge_n and_o put_v his_o hand_n into_o her_o bosom_n in_o a_o fit_a of_o devotion_n and_o vaunt_v afterward_o of_o it_o as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v a_o very_a pious_a and_o meritorious_a action_n 20._o but_o now_o that_o melancholy_n partake_v much_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o wine_n he_o evince_v from_o that_o it_o be_v so_o spiritous_a and_o that_o it_o be_v so_o spiritous_a from_o that_o it_o be_v so_o spumeous_a and_o that_o melancholy_a be_v flatuous_a or_o spiritous_a he_o appeal_v to_o the_o physician_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wherefore_o the_o philosopher_n assign_v another_o companion_n to_o venus_n beside_o the_o plump_a youth_n bacchus_n which_o the_o poet_n bestow_v upon_o she_o who_o though_o more_o seem_o sad_a yet_o will_v prove_v as_o faithful_a a_o attendant_n as_o that_o other_o and_o this_o be_v melancholy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o beside_o this_o flatulencie_n that_o solicit_v to_o lust_n there_o may_v be_v such_o a_o due_a dash_n of_o sanguine_a in_o the_o melancholy_a that_o the_o complexion_n may_v prove_v stupendious_o enravish_v for_o that_o more_o sluggish_a dulcour_n of_o the_o blood_n will_v be_v sometime_o so_o quicken_v and_o actuate_v by_o the_o fierceness_n and_o sharpness_n of_o the_o melancholy_a humour_n as_o the_o fulsomeness_n of_o sugar_n be_v by_o the_o acrimony_n of_o lemon_n that_o it_o will_v afford_v far_o more_o sensible_a pleasure_n and_o all_o the_o imagination_n of_o love_n of_o what_o kind_n soever_o will_v be_v ●arre_o more_o lively_a and_o vigorous_a more_o pierce_a and_o rapturous_a than_o they_o can_v be_v in_o pure_a sanguine_a itself_o from_o this_o complexion_n be_v poet_n and_o the_o more_o high_o pretend_v enthusiast_n betwixt_o who_o this_o be_v the_o great_a difference_n that_o a_o poet_n be_v a_o enthusiast_n in_o jest_n and_o a_o enthusiast_n be_v a_o poet_n in_o good_a earnest_n melancholy_a prevail_v so_o much_o with_o he_o that_o he_o take_v his_o no_o better_o than_o poetical_a fit_n and_o figment_n for_o divine_a inspiration_n and_o real_a truth_n 21._o but_o that_o it_o be_v a_o mere_a natural_a flatuous_a and_o spiritous_a temper_n with_o a_o proportionable_a dosis_n of_o sanguine_a add_v to_o their_o melancholy_n not_o the_o pure_a spirit_n of_o god_n that_o thus_o inact_v they_o be_v plain_o to_o be_v discover_v not_o only_o in_o their_o language_n which_o be_v very_o sweet_a and_o melt_a as_o if_o sugar_a plum_n lay_v under_o their_o tongue_n but_o from_o notorious_a circumstance_n of_o their_o life_n and_o in_o my_o apprehension_n it_o will_v be_v

else_o that_o move_v in_o the_o blood_n and_o spirit_n and_o come_v very_o near_o to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o high_a cordial_n that_o be_v which_o aristotle_n also_o witness_n assert_v that_o melancholy_a while_o it_o be_v cold_a cause_v sadness_n and_o despondency_n of_o mind_n but_o once_o heat_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ecstasy_n and_o rapture_n with_o triumphant_a joy_n and_o sing_v 24._o there_o be_v three_o delusion_n yet_o behind_o which_o because_o they_o come_v into_o my_o memory_n i_o will_v not_o omit_v to_o speak_v of_o viz._n mystical_a interpretation_n of_o scripture_n quaking_n and_o vision_n all_o which_o be_v easy_o resolve_v into_o effect_n of_o melancholy_a for_o as_o for_o the_o first_o we_o have_v already_o show_v that_o melancholy_a as_o well_o as_o wine_n make_v a_o man_n rhetorical_a or_o poetical_a and_o that_o genius_n how_o fancieful_a it_o be_v and_o full_a of_o allusion_n and_o metaphor_n and_o fine_a resemblance_n every_o one_o know_v and_o what_o great_a matter_n be_v there_o in_o apply_v moral_a and_o spiritual_a meaning_n to_o the_o history_n of_o the_o bible_n then_o to_o the_o history_n of_o nature_n and_o there_o be_v no_o rhetorician_n nor_o poet_n but_o do_v that_o perpetual_o or_o how_o much_o easy_a be_v it_o to_o make_v a_o story_n to_o set_v out_o a_o moral_a meaning_n then_o to_o apply_v a_o moral_a sense_n to_o such_o story_n as_o be_v already_o a_o foot_n and_o for_o the_o former_a aesop_n be_v old_a excellent_a at_o it_o without_o any_o suspicion_n of_o inspiration_n and_o the_o late_a sir_n francis_n bacon_n have_v admirable_o well_o perform_v in_o his_o sapientia_fw-la veterum_fw-la without_o any_o such_o peculiar_a or_o extraordinary_a illapse_n of_o a_o divine_a spirit_n into_o he_o a_o business_n i_o dare_v say_v he_o never_o dream_v of_o and_o any_o man_n that_o understand_v he_o will_v willing_o be_v his_o compurgatour_n 25._o and_o for_o quake_a which_o delude_a soul_n take_v to_o be_v a_o infallible_a sign_n they_o be_v in_o actuate_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n that_o it_o may_v be_v only_o a_o effect_n of_o their_o melancholy_n be_v apparent_a for_o none_o have_v so_o high_a passion_n as_o melancholist_n and_o that_o fear_v love_n or_o veneration_n in_o the_o height_n will_v cause_v great_a tremble_v can_v be_v deny_v and_o to_o these_o passion_n none_o be_v any_o thing_n nigh_o so_o obnoxious_a as_o those_o of_o the_o melancholy_a complexion_n because_o of_o the_o deepness_n of_o their_o resentment_n and_o apprehension_n that_o fear_v cause_n tremble_v there_o be_v nothing_o more_o obvious_a and_o it_o be_v as_o true_a of_o love_n which_o the_o comedian_n have_v judicious_o note_v in_o that_o passage_n where_o phaedria_n upon_o the_o sight_n of_o his_o thais_n speak_v to_o parmeno_n totus_fw-la tremo_fw-la say_v he_o horreóque_fw-la post_fw-la quam_fw-la aspexi_fw-la hanc_fw-la and_o for_o veneration_n which_o consist_v in_o a_o manner_n of_o these_o two_o mix_v together_o it_o be_v a_o passion_n that_o melancholy_a man_n be_v sound_o plunge_v in_o whether_o they_o will_v or_o no_o when_o they_o be_v to_o make_v their_o address_n to_o any_o person_n of_o honour_n or_o worth_a or_o to_o go_v about_o some_o solemn_a or_o weighty_a performance_n in_o public_a they_o will_v quake_v &_o tremble_v like_o a_o aspinleaf_n some_o have_v be_v strike_v silent_a other_o have_v fall_v down_o to_o the_o ground_n and_o that_o fancy_n in_o other_o case_n will_v work_v upon_o the_o spirit_n and_o cause_v a_o tumultuous_a and_o disorderly_a comotion_n in_o they_o or_o so_o suffocate_v the_o heart_n that_o motion_n will_v be_v in_o a_o manner_n quite_o extinct_a and_o the_o party_n fall_v down_o dead_a be_v thing_n so_o familiar_o know_v that_o it_o be_v enough_o only_a to_o mention_v they_o wherefore_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n the_o enthusiast_n fancy_v these_o natural_a paroxysm_n with_o which_o he_o be_v surprise_v to_o be_v extraordinary_a visit_n of_o the_o deity_n and_o illapse_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n into_o his_o soul_n which_o he_o can_v but_o then_o receive_v with_o the_o high_a veneration_n imaginable_a it_o be_v no_o wonder_n i_o say_v that_o fear_v and_o joy_n and_o love_n shall_v make_v such_o a_o confusion_n in_o his_o spirit_n as_o to_o put_v he_o into_o a_o fit_a of_o tremble_v and_o quake_v in_o which_o case_n the_o fervour_n of_o his_o spirit_n and_o heat_n of_o imagination_n may_v be_v wrought-up_a to_o that_o pitch_n that_o it_o may_v amount_v to_o a_o perfect_a epilepsy_n as_o it_o often_o happen_v in_o that_o sect_n they_o call_v quaker_n who_o undoubted_o be_v the_o most_o melancholy_a sect_n that_o ever_o be_v yet_o in_o the_o world_n 26._o now_o that_o melancholy_n dispose_v a_o man_n to_o apoplexy_n and_o epilepsy_n be_v acknowledge_v both_o by_o philosopher_n and_o physician_n for_o what_o be_v narcotical_a and_o dead_v the_o motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n if_o it_o be_v high_o such_o prove_v also_o apoplectical_a beside_o gross_a vapour_n stop_v the_o arteriae_fw-la carotides_n and_o plexus_fw-la coroide_v and_o so_o hinder_v the_o recourse_n and_o supply_n of_o spirit_n may_v do_v the_o same_o some_o will_v illustrate_v the_o matter_n from_o the_o fume_n of_o charcoal_n that_o have_v often_o make_v man_n fall_v down_o dead_a but_o take_v any_o or_o all_o of_o these_o melancholy_a be_v as_o like_a to_o afford_v such_o noxious_a vapour_n as_o any_o other_o temper_n whatsoever_o and_o that_o a_o epilepsy_n may_v arise_v from_o such_o like_a cause_n these_o two_o disease_n be_v so_o near_o a_o kin_n as_o galen_n write_v be_v very_o reasonable_a and_o that_o the_o morbific_a matter_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o his_o master_n pelops_n express_v it_o it_o be_v evident_a from_o the_o sudden_a and_o easy_a discussion_n of_o the_o fit_a 27._o but_o in_o both_o these_o there_o be_v a_o ligation_n of_o the_o outward_a sense_n what_o ever_o be_v then_o represent_v to_o the_o mind_n be_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o dream_n but_o these_o fit_n be_v not_o so_o ordinary_a as_o our_o natural_a sleep_n these_o dream_v the_o praecipitant_fw-la and_o unskilful_a be_v forward_o to_o conceit_n to_o be_v representation_n extraordinary_a and_o supernatural_a which_o they_o call_v revelation_n or_o vision_n of_o which_o there_o can_v be_v no_o certainty_n at_o all_o no_o more_o than_o of_o a_o dream_n 28._o the_o mention_n of_o dream_n put_v i_o in_o mind_n of_o another_o melancholy_a symptom_n which_o physician_n call_v ecstasy_n which_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o somnus_fw-la praeter_fw-la naturam_fw-la profundus_fw-la the_o cause_n whereof_o be_v none_o other_o than_o those_o of_o natural_a sleep_n but_o more_o intense_a and_o excessive_a the_o effect_n be_v the_o deliration_n of_o the_o party_n after_o he_o awake_v for_o he_o take_v his_o dream_n for_o true_a history_n and_o real_a transaction_n the_o reason_n whereof_o i_o conceive_v be_v the_o extraordinary_a clearness_n and_o fullness_n of_o the_o representation_n in_o his_o sleep_n arise_v from_o a_o more_o perfect_a privation_n of_o all_o communion_n with_o this_o outward_a world_n and_o so_o there_o be_v no_o interfareing_n or_o cross-stroke_n of_o motion_n from_o his_o body_n so_o deep_o overwhelm_v and_o bedead_v with_o sleep_n what_o the_o imagination_n than_o put_v forth_o of_o herself_o be_v as_o clear_a as_o broad_a day_n and_o the_o perception_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v at_o least_o as_o strong_a and_o vigorous_a as_o it_o be_v at_o any_o time_n in_o behold_v thing_n awake_v and_o therefore_o memory_n as_o thorough_o seal_v therewith_o as_o from_o the_o sense_n of_o any_o external_a object_n the_o vigour_n and_o clearness_n of_o these_o vision_n differ_v from_o those_o in_o ordinary_a sleep_n as_o much_o as_o the_o liveliness_n of_o the_o image_n let_v in_o artificial_o into_o a_o dark_a room_n accurate_o darken_v from_o those_o in_o one_o careless_o make_v dark_a some_o chink_n or_o crevice_n let_v in_o light_n where_o they_o shall_v not_o but_o strength_n of_o perception_n be_v no_o sure_a ground_n of_o truth_n and_o such_o vision_n as_o these_o let_v they_o be_v never_o so_o clear_a yet_o they_o be_v still_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o dream_n and_o he_o that_o regard_v dream_n be_v like_o he_o that_o catch_v at_o a_o shadow_n or_o follow_v after_o the_o wind_n as_o syracides_n speak_v 29._o whether_o it_o be_v in_o any_o man_n power_n to_o fall_v into_o these_o epilepsy_n apoplexy_n or_o ecstasy_n when_o he_o please_v be_v neither_o a_o useless_a nor_o a_o desperate_a question_n for_o we_o may_v find_v a_o probable_a solution_n from_o what_o have_v be_v already_o intimate_v for_o the_o enthusiast_n in_o one_o of_o his_o melancholy_a intoxication_n which_o he_o may_v accelerate_v by_o solemn_a silence_n and_o intense_a and_o earnest_a meditation_n find_v himself_o therein_o so_o much_o beyond_o himself_o conject_v it_o a_o sensible_a presence_n

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