Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	ghost_n	holy_a	lord_n	23,094	5	4.0162	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73135	Englands ioy, for suppressing the papists, and banishing the priests and Iesuites	Scott, Thomas, 1580?-1626.	1624 (1624)	STC 22076; ESTC S100080	8,925	20

be affronted with petty rebels beleeue it not it is impossible take heed how you aduenture in such a businesse you see how hee preuailes and no forces can resist him What the Arch-Dutches to be mated with such inferiors traytors rebells and mechanicke vpstarts Neuer speake it for shame For at this instant they are no lesse then foure mighty armies 60000 men ready to deuoure these one night Mushrumps and setting vpon their territories in foure places at once make a fatall ruine of all their fortunes and hopes in a moment What Spaine to be threatned with warre and intrusions of hostillity Who is able to couer the Viena as Xerxes once did the Hellespont with a numberlesse and inuincible Armado to set vpon the Iland of Brittany as a Conqueror to trouble Ireland with an army of 20000 to infest Scotland and ouerrun it at pleasure and to make England to tremble with the multitude of his forces and yet dare you talke of warre and assisting the Low-Countries But now God be thanked Papistry shall be suppressed the Priests and Iesuits banished and these mighty Buls of Bassan either haue their hornes sawed off or their chaps mufled and what an alteration is heere Oh let vs then giue thankes vnto God and confesse his mercy is beyond our apprehension and his benefits are an Ocean in comparison of our duty standing poole of deseruing And seeing the King is so gracious to looke vpon vs like a faire mouing Planet in a conspicuous Orbe from whose influence can proceede nothing but sweet presages Seeing our Parliament is so religiously Honorable to sound the foord of Spaines proiects and their funtries hassard by collusion and halting betweene two opinions with the plummets of true Wisedome and Zeale to the Gospell of Iesus Christ Seeing our Clergy are so indulgent ouer Gods Church that they will not suffer either the wild Bore of the Forrest to trample downe the hedges or little Foxes to destroy the Grapes but are willing that Iehoydas filthy garments may be taken away and a crowne of pure Gold set vpon his head seeing the people are prepared to call and hasten one another to go vp to the Temple of the Lord and rather then Ruben shall rayse a heape of stones like an Alter to put the people in feare of Idolatry they are ready to arme with their brethren and examine how the matter stands let euery man exhillerat himselfe and cry out Why art thou cast downe ô my soule and why art thou disquieted within me hope thou in God for I shall yet praise him he is the health of my countenance and my God So then if Papistry shall be suppressed the Priests and Iesuites banished and our enemies both Forraine and Domesticke ouer-reached let God haue the glory the Prince the honor the Parliament the commendation the people the comfort the Country the benefit and euery true hearted Christian sing Iopaean and Epithalamians to Iehouah Marke the difference betweene flourishing Kingdomes through the blessing of reformation and aduise of good gouernours and the fearefull distraction of Common-wealths where irreligion and indirect courses ouer-maister While the ambition of Athalia was predominant ouer her affection and driue her head-long to al voscenity and tyranny she committed idolatry she neglected the house of God she defiled the Alter she destroyed the seed-royal she vsurped the Diadem and disturbed the peace of Iuda and Israel But when Iehoas was miraculously preserued and instructed by Iehoiada Athalia is slaine Iehoash doth that which is right in sight of God the Priests repaire the Temple the Alters are cleansed the Common-wealth reformed and the whole Country resetled in order and was not this a great alteration In the story of Manasses and Ammon his sonne you shall finde these imputations of wickednesse cast vpon them by the Holy Ghost Hee did that which was euill in the sight of the Lord hee liued after the abhominations of the Heathen hee reared vp Alters for Baal he offred incense to the Host of Heauen he made his sonne passe through the fire he vsed enchauntments obserue● times and dealt with familiar spirits and wrought much wickednes before the Lord But when Iosiah came to raine and was instructed how he feared God and liued vprightly he cleansed and repayred the Temple he commanded the booke of God to be read hee rent his cloathes as strucken with compunction of soule he made a couenant with God to obserue his testimonies hee put downe all the offices of Baal and the groues dedicated vnto him Hee slew his Priests he solemnized the Passeouer and he performed the words of the Law which were written in the Booke and was not this a great alteration Thus is it betweene the gouernment of Spaine and England especially the contrariety of Religion and diuersity of seruing God betweene Papists and Protestants the Papists both in Spaine and in England commit blasphemous idolatry are poluted with incests and fornication derogate from the Honor of God to attribute adoration to creatures passifieth himself in the Laborynth of aequiuocation Dissemble with God their owne soules and all that deale with them care not by what meanes or treachery they compasse their owne ends deny Christs presence in Heauen a maine article of Faith extenuate the power of the God-head by allowing a dyety to Creatures and an inuocation to Diuells First they haue made many Saints that are passed downe to Hell Allow of murther and monstrous impiety and in a word are poysoned with the dregs of abhomination wherewith the whore of Babilon hath filled her cup. The true Protestant and zealous Christian alloweth God the preheminence of all adoration will by ●o meanes blaspheme with idolatrous exorcismes detesteth whoredome and all incestuous Leprosie defieth the participation of Gods glory to murther simply and plainly contriueth his affaires and keepeth his word though it be to his owne hinderance intermeddles not with matters of state except hee be called to place of eminency is with Anna praying in the Temple and continually reioyceth in the conuersation of Gods seruants and maketh the Church the sanctuary of his soule in a word is ruled by the directory of Gods word and neither dare abuse the Maiesty of Princes by inter-iecting a iealousie and suspition betweene the Prince and the subiect nor runne away with the deceit of his owne heart in presuming to be more holy then his brethren or preiudging others either maliciously or foolishly And is not this a great alteration And is not this cause enough to compell vs to thanke God and acknowledge his mercy and kindnesse that our King and Parliament would goe and buy eye-salue without money perspicuously to looke into the enormities of the Church and Common-wealth and not onely with Nehemiah abridged the extreamity of vsury compelled a relaxation of debts and oppression kept and sanctified the Sabbaoth Nehemiah 13. droue the Merchants and sellers of meate out of the City and at last put away their idolatrous wiues