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	mind_n	7,027	5	5.7568	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26623	The paradise of the soul: or, A little treatise of vertues. Made by Albert the Great, Bishop of Ratisbon, who died in the year 1280. Translated out of Latin into English, by N.N.; Paradisus animae. English.	Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.; N. N.	1682 (1682)	Wing A875H; ESTC R6662	67,532	252

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7._o her_o many_o sin_n be_v forgive_v she_o because_o she_o love_v much_o and_o s._n francis_n of_o who_o it_o be_v say_v that_o it_o be_v reveal_v to_o he_o that_o even_o the_o last_o farthing_n of_o his_o sin_n be_v remit_v he_o another_o argument_n and_o matter_n of_o joy_n be_v a_o assurance_n of_o mind_n that_o one_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o heir_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n this_o assurance_n the_o holy_a ghost_n give_v as_o the_o apostle_n say_v rom._n 8._o for_o the_o spirit_n itself_o bear_v witness_v to_o our_o spirit_n that_o we_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n but_o if_o son_n also_o heir_n heir_n indeed_o of_o god_n but_o coheir_n with_o christ_n this_o assurance_n the_o apostle_n have_v when_o he_o say_v in_o the_o same_o chap._n i_o be_o sure_a that_o neither_o death_n nor_o life_n nor_o any_o creature_n shall_v be_v able_a to_o separate_v we_o from_o the_o love_n of_o god_n a_o argument_n of_o false_a joy_n be_v to_o be_v delight_v in_o transitory_a 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can_v say_v with_o esaias_n chap._n 61._o rejoice_v i_o will_v rejoice_v in_o the_o lord_n to_o wit_n my_o creator_n and_o my_o soul_n shall_v joy_n in_o my_o god_n to_o wit_n my_o redeemer_n because_o he_o have_v clothe_v i_o with_o the_o garment_n of_o salvation_n etc._n etc._n chap._n xxiv_o of_o sadness_n true_a sadness_n be_v a_o grief_n of_o heart_n for_o all_o the_o injury_n which_o the_o patient_a god_n have_v causeless_o endure_v from_o his_o creature_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n and_o which_o he_o shall_v endure_v until_o the_o end_n of_o it_o as_o well_o from_o spiritual_a as_o from_o worldly_a man_n this_o grief_n ought_v to_o draw_v innumerable_a tear_n of_o blood_n from_o the_o eye_n of_o all_o that_o love_n god_n another_o part_n of_o true_a sadness_n be_v that_o a_o man_n be_v oftentimes_o overcome_v in_o temptation_n without_o make_v any_o resistance_n for_o when_o he_o see_v or_o hear_v any_o thing_n in_o bird_n or_o beast_n which_o belong_v to_o 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the_o fountain_n of_o the_o divine_a goodness_n come_v to_o nothing_o because_o they_o do_v not_o return_v to_o the_o principal_a from_o whence_o they_o flow_v with_o a_o manifold_a increase_n according_a to_o the_o design_n of_o god_n this_o all_o creature_n can_v never_o sufficient_o bewail_v we_o ought_v to_o be_v induce_v to_o true_a sadness_n by_o the_o most_o holy_a example_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n who_o soul_n be_v sad_a from_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o his_o life_n to_o his_o very_a death_n who_o also_o acknowledge_v the_o sad_a to_o be_v happy_a say_v mat._n 5._o bless_a be_v they_o that_o mourn_v for_o they_o shall_v be_v comfort_v because_o joy_n can_v be_v find_v but_o by_o sadness_n as_o a_o certain_a gloss_n say_v upon_o the_o canonical_a epistle_n of_o st._n james_n the_o profit_n also_o which_o proceed_v from_o sadness_n aught_o to_o induce_v we_o hereunto_o for_o true_a sadness_n be_v more_o profitable_a than_o true_a joy_n according_a to_o that_o eccles_n 7._o 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