Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	form_n	prayer_n	word_n	7,107	5	5.2255	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60278	Sin dismantled, shewing the loathsomnesse thereof, in laying it open by confession; with the remedy for it by repentance & conversion Wherein is set forth the manner how we ought to confess our sins to God and man, with the consiliary decrees from the authority thereof, and for the shewing the necessity of priestly absolution, the removing the disesteem the vulgar have of absolution, setting forth the power of ministers. With an historical relation of the canons concerning confession, and the secret manner of it; also shewing the confessors affections and inclinations. By a late reverend, learned and judicious Divine.	Late reverend, learned and judicious Divine.	1664 (1664)	Wing S3850; ESTC R221495	353,931	367

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ambr._n de_fw-fr poen_n l._n 1._o c._n 3._o therefore_o the_o church_n may_v true_o pretend_v thereunto_o that_o have_v true_a priest_n the_o church_n than_o include_v priest_n and_z priests_z absolution_n the_o poor_a christian_n in_o the_o vandalick_a persecution_n be_v sensible_a hereof_o for_o when_o the_o orthodox_n clergis_n be_v exile_v by_o the_o arrian_n the_o people_n cast_v themselves_o at_o their_o foot_n 2._o victor_n uticens_fw-la lib._n 2._o cry_v out_o to_o who_o will_v you_o leave_v we_o wretch_n while_o you_o go_v forward_o to_o your_o crown_n who_o shall_v christen_v these_o suckling_n in_o the_o font_n of_o the_o everlasting_a water_n who_o shall_v impart_v unto_o we_o the_o benefit_n of_o penance_n by_o reconcile_n and_o indulgence_n absolve_v we_o from_o the_o band_n of_o our_o sin_n the_o laity_n can_v not_o be_v in_o such_o distress_n if_o the_o grace_n of_o absolution_n have_v not_o be_v inherent_a in_o the_o person_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o ready_a to_o go_v into_o banishment_n with_o they_o furthermore_o the_o word_n of_o absolution_n can_v have_v the_o same_o power_n from_o the_o lip_n of_o a_o lay-brother_n as_o from_o they_o who_o god_n have_v make_v able_a

it_o for_o now_o how_o remote_a origen_n meaning_n be_v from_o the_o present_a roman_a practice_n will_v better_o appear_v hereafter_o saint_n cyprian_n thus_o i_o beseech_v every_o one_o of_o you_o brethren_n to_o confess_v his_o sin_n while_o life_n remain_v lap_n consiteamur_fw-la singuli_fw-la quaeso_fw-la vos_fw-la fratres_fw-la delictum_fw-la suum_fw-la dum_fw-la adhuc_fw-la qui_fw-la deliquit_fw-la in_o seculo_fw-la est_fw-la dum_fw-la admitti_fw-la ejus_fw-la confessio_fw-la potest_fw-la dum_fw-la satisfactio_fw-la &_o remissio_fw-la facta_fw-la per_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la apud_fw-la dominum_fw-la grata_fw-la est_fw-la convertamu●_n ad_fw-la dominum_fw-la ment_fw-la totâ_fw-la &_o poenitentiam_fw-la criminis_fw-la veris_fw-la doloribus_fw-la exprimentes_fw-la dei_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la deprecemur_fw-la cypr._n the_o lap_n and_o your_o confession_n may_v be_v admit_v while_o satisfaction_n and_o remission_n make_v by_o the_o priest_n may_v be_v accept_v with_o the_o lord_n let_v we_o be_v convert_v unto_o the_o lord_n with_o all_o our_o mind_n and_o express_v the_o repentance_n of_o our_o sin_n with_o unfeigned_a sorrow_n pray_v unto_o god_n for_o mercy_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o this_o exhortation_n be_v to_o make_v confession_n unto_o the_o priest_n for_o he_o be_v to_o make_v the_o atonement_n and_o procure_v a_o pardon_n and_o for_o that_o a_o little_a before_o the_o father_n commend_v their_o zeal_n ib._n hoc_fw-la ipsum_fw-la apud_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la dei_fw-la dolenter_fw-la &_o simpliciter_fw-la confitentes_fw-la etc._n etc._n cypr._n ib._n that_o lay_v open_v their_o cabinet_n sin_n the_o very_a thought_n of_o their_o heart_n full_a sad_o and_o sincere_o unto_o god_n priest_n and_o my_o reader_n will_v remember_v what_o b._n rhenanus_fw-la a_o man_n much_o verse_v in_o antiquity_n and_o of_o a_o discern_a spirit_n collect_v from_o these_o and_o such_o like_a passage_n from_o saint_n cyprian_n gregory_n nyssen_n address_v himself_o unto_o a_o sinner_n in_o these_o word_n be_v sensible_a of_o thy_o present_a disease_n afflict_v thyself_o all_o thou_o can_v 176._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d greg._n ness_n append_v operum_fw-la de_fw-la poenit_fw-la paris_n p._n 175_o 176._o seek_v also_o the_o mourning_n of_o such_o brethren_n as_o be_v after_o thy_o own_o heart_n to_o help_v thou_o to_o liberty_n show_v forth_o thy_o bitter_a and_o excessive_a tear_n that_o i_o may_v mingle_v i_o take_v also_o the_o priest_n unto_o thou_o to_o associate_v as_o a_o father_n and_o participate_v of_o thy_o affliction_n for_o what_o man_n can_v so_o false_o wear_v the_o title_n of_o a_o father_n and_o be_v endow_v with_o so_o hard_a and_o adamantine_a a_o breast_n as_o not_o to_o condole_v with_o his_o sorrow_a child_n then_o after_o some_o passage_n how_o a_o good_a priest_n bewail_v their_o sin_n as_o jacob_n do_v at_o the_o sight_n of_o joseph_n coat_n and_o david_n upon_o the_o news_n of_o absalon_n death_n eli_n his_o graceless_a son_n and_o moses_n the_o rebellious_a people_n and_o that_o spiritual_a child_n be_v near_o to_o they_o that_o have_v beget_v they_o in_o the_o lord_n than_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o body_n can_v be_v to_o fleshly_a parent_n the_o way_n thus_o make_v he_o exhort_v show_v unto_o he_o the_o priest_n bold_o without_o blush_v such_o thing_n as_o have_v be_v hide_v display_v the_o secret_n of_o thy_o soul_n open_v they_o conceal_v grief_n as_o to_o a_o physician_n he_o will_v have_v a_o care_n and_o be_v tender_a of_o thy_o reputation_n and_o safety_n paulinus_n write_v the_o life_n of_o saint_n ambrose_n make_v relation_n of_o his_o behaviour_n in_o receive_v penitent_n after_o this_o manner_n whensoever_o any_o come_v unto_o he_o confess_v their_o fault_n ambrosii_fw-la quotiescunqueilli_n aliquis_fw-la ad_fw-la percipiendam_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la lapsus_fw-la suos_fw-la confessus_fw-la est_fw-la ita_fw-la flebat_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o illum_fw-la slere_fw-la compelleret_fw-la videbatur_fw-la ●tiam_fw-la sibi_fw-la cum_fw-la jacente_fw-la jacere_fw-la causas_fw-la autem_fw-la crimnum_fw-la quas_fw-la illi_fw-la confitchantur_fw-la nulli_fw-la nisi_fw-la damino_fw-la soli_fw-la apud_fw-la quem_fw-la intercedebat_fw-la loqu_fw-la batur_fw-la paulin._n in_o vita_fw-la ambrosii_fw-la to_o undergo_v their_o penance_n be_v will_v shed_v tear_n in_o such_o abundance_n as_o to_o force_v the_o sinner_n to_o weep_v seem_v as_o if_o he_o have_v fall●n_v with_o he_o into_o the_o same_o offence_n the_o cause_n of_o their_o sin_n which_o they_o confess_v unto_o he_o he_o never_o open_v his_o lip_n of_o save_v unto_o the_o lord_n only_o unto_o who_o he_o intercede_v on_o their_o behalf_n bless_a father_n be_v our_o ghostly_a father_n thus_o compassionate_a and_o reserve_v they_o can_v not_o want_v penitent_n thy_o discreet_a and_o zealous_a manage_n of_o the_o key_n in_o the_o case_n of_o theodosius_n have_v and_o shall_v make_v thou_o famous_a to_o all_o posterity_n saint_n basil_n set_v down_o the_o pious_a intention_n and_o good_a pleasure_n of_o god_n for_o a_o sinner_n conversion_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o that_o conversion_n to_o consist_v in_o repentance_n and_o the_o fruit_n thereof_o conclude_v thus_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o confess_v our_o sin_n to_o they_o who_o be_v trust_v 542._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basil_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 542._o and_o credit_v with_o the_o dispensation_n of_o the_o mystery_n of_o god_n so_o the_o penitent_n of_o old_a be_v find_v to_o have_v do_v before_o holy_a man_n for_o it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o gospel_n that_o they_o confess_v their_o sin_n to_o john_n the_o baptist_n and_o in_o the_o act_n all_o of_o they_o to_o the_o apostle_n of_o who_o they_o be_v baptize_v pacianus_n in_o his_o paraenesis_n or_o exhortation_n to_o repentance_n thus_o i_o appeal_v unto_o you_o brethren_n who_o have_v commit_v sin_n refuse_v repentance_n poenit._n vos_fw-fr appello_fw-la sratres_fw-la qui_fw-la criminibus_fw-la admissis_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la recusatis_fw-la vos_fw-la inquam_fw-la post_fw-la impudentiam_fw-la timidos_fw-la post_fw-la peccata_fw-la verecundos_fw-la qui_fw-la peccare_fw-la non_fw-la erubescitis_fw-la &_o erubescitis_fw-la confiteri_fw-la ecce_fw-la iterùm_fw-la apostolus_fw-la ad_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la manus_fw-la citò_fw-la nulli_fw-la imponas_fw-la nec_fw-la communices_fw-la peccaris_fw-la alienis_fw-la quid_fw-la facies_fw-la tu_fw-la qui_fw-la decipis_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la qui_fw-fr aut_fw-la ignorantem_fw-la fallis_fw-la aut_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la plenum_fw-la scientem_fw-la probandi_fw-la difficultate_fw-la confundis_fw-la parian_a in_o paraen_fw-la sive_fw-la libel_n de_fw-fr poenit._n to_o you_o i_o say_v that_o after_o impudence_n be_v afraid_a and_o after_o sin_v shamefaced_a which_o blush_v not_o to_o sin_n but_o blush_v to_o confess_v and_o a_o little_a after_o behold_v what_o the_o apostle_n say_v to_o the_o priest_n lay_v hand_n sudden_o on_o none_o leave_v thou_o participate_v of_o their_o sin_n what_o will_v thou_o do_v deceive_v the_o priest_n who_o either_o deceive_v he_o as_o ignorant_a or_o confound_a he_o as_o not_o full_o instruct_v with_o difficulty_n of_o prove_v 16_o legimus_fw-la in_o levitico_fw-la de_fw-la leprosis_fw-la ubi_fw-la jubentur_fw-la ut_fw-la ostendant_fw-la se_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la &_o si_fw-la lepram_fw-la habuerint_fw-la tunc_fw-la à_fw-la sacerdote_fw-la immundi_fw-la siant_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o hîc_fw-la solvit_fw-la &_o ligat_fw-la episcopus_fw-la &_o presbyter_n non_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la insontes_fw-la sunt_fw-la vel_fw-la nox●i_fw-la sed_fw-la pro_fw-la officio_fw-la svo_fw-la cum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la audicrit_fw-fr varietates_fw-la s●it_fw-la qui_fw-la ligandus_fw-la sit_fw-la quive_fw-mi solvendus_fw-la h●eron_n comment_fw-fr in_o matth._n 16_o saint_n hierom_n comment_v thus_o we_o read_v in_o levitious_a of_o the_o leper_n where_o they_o be_v command_v to_o show_v themselves_o unto_o the_o priest_n and_o if_o they_o be_v find_v to_o be_v leper_n the_o priest_n be_v to_o denounce_v they_o unclean_a so_o do_v the_o bishop_n and_o priest_n bind_v and_o loose_v not_o such_o as_o be_v infect_v and_o guilty_a but_o when_o by_o virtue_n of_o their_o office_n have_v hear_v the_o diversity_n of_o sin_n they_o may_v know_v who_o be_v fit_a to_o be_v bind_v and_o who_o to_o be_v loose_v these_o word_n will_v come_v under_o our_o band_n again_o in_o the_o point_n of_o absolution_n here_o they_o stand_v to_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o priest_n be_v make_v acquaint_v with_o the_o variety_n of_o sin_n the_o thing_n intend_v saint_n ambrose_n mention_v divers_a sin_n which_o among_o other_o be_v to_o be_v repent_v of_o and_o abstain_v from_o after_o repentance_n have_v these_o word_n poenit_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la post_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la abistis_fw-la intùs_fw-la homo_fw-la se_fw-la observare_fw-la debet_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o ante_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la dum_fw-la sanus_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la nescit_fw-la si_fw-la possit_fw-la ipsam_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la accipere_fw-la &_o confiteri_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o sacerdoti_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la ambr._n exhort_v ad_fw-la poenit_fw-la a_o man_n not_o only_o after_o repentance_n ought_v to_o preserve_v himself_o inward_o from_o these_o sin_n but_o before_o repentance_n while_o he_o be_v yet_o whole_a for_o he_o know_v not_o certain_o if_o he_o shall_v be_v able_a