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	receive_v	18,187	5	5.7163	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40219	Old Simon the Sorcerer who hath bewitched the whole city of christendom and to all the cities he hath given out that himself is some great one to whom they have all given heed from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God, who deceived the city by his sorcery and witchcrafts, who hath been baptized also, certain queries to be answered / [by] G.F.	Fox, George, 1624-1691.; Fox, George, 1624-1691.	1663 (1663)	Wing F1870; ESTC R226386	6,225	9

that he thought to have bought the gift of God for money But all these Simons that have bought and sold that which they thought was the gift of God are short of this old Simon for he was afraid of perishing with his money First They that think the gift of God can be bought and sold for money are as Simon Magus or rather worse in the gall of bitternesse and bond of iniquity and it doth manifest it self and this bitter gall people cannot abide Secondly Their money and they are to perish Thirdly They have neither part nor lot in the Ministry of the gift of the Holy Ghost Fourthly Their hearts are not right in the sight of God Fifthly Their thoughts are bad and wicked and to be repented of and to be prayed to God for the forgiveness of which few are come to in our days and to do as Simon Magus did Sixthly The spirit of Simon Magus is the same that ever it was or rather worse and Christ is the same as ever he was and so are his Ministers and his gift is not to be bought and sold for money but is free and those who have freely received it freely declare it without money and judge those who think the gift of God is to be bought and sold for money G. F. Certain Queries to be answered 1. FRiends I would be satisfied in a Scripture-way Whether or no John baptized Christ in a Font And whether or no signed him with the fign of a Cross and baptized him And whether or no Christ had a Godfather or Godmother when J●hn baptized him and if so who were they and where stood the Font he baptized him in 2. Those many thousands Pe●er converted and baptized whether he baptized every one of them in a F●nt and signed them with the sign of the Cross and had every one of them Go●●●●hers and Godmothers yea or nay 3. And whether or no Christ or the Apostles Timothy or Titus being Bishops did set up a spiritual Court to summon in all that would not hear them or give them maintenance by Appa●ators And where stood their Court 4. Whether or no the Christians had a Law among themselves to force one another to give their Teachers maintenance Or whether or no the Christians brought one another to the Heathen or Jews Law to give them maintenance 5. And whether any that went to Law before the Heathen was not a manifestation they were unwise men 6. Whether or no Aarons white breeches and white robes typed forth the Surplice or the fine Linnen which is the righteousnesse of Saints And you that have got on the white Robes who pleads it from Aaron where are your Bells your golden Bell and Pomeg●anates as Aaron had in his garments by which he was to be heard when he went into the holy place and came out and your Urim and Thummim which is light and perfections Now when you go into your place we do not hear the Bells at your coming out or your coming in Where do we see you in your Ephod made of gold blew silk scarlet fine trimmed Linnen according to Exodus 20 And if it be that you do summon in all to give you maintenance whether they will hear you or no 7. Whether or no you would be so served your selves Whether or no this is as you would be done by if not do you not transgresse the Law of God which is to have all men to do unto others as they would have others do unto them for would you be contented the Turks or the Papists or the Hea hen should summon in all you to hear them their Alcaron their Mass their Worship before an image and bow before the Alcaron and bow to a stock or a stone the Heathen set up or Dagon or in the House of R●mmon at the sound of the Pipe and Harp fall down before Nebuchadnezzar his Image and give money to the maintenance of all his Magicians and the Jesuits Priests and Turks and Heathens Priests Would you think this is well and right Or could you conform Would you not cry out for Liberty of Conscience And if so do you then do to another as you would have another do unto you 8. And whether or no Christ and the Apostles did whip any into the outward Temple We read he whipt them out of the Temple but never whipt them into the Temple 9. Whether or no Christ or his Apostles did set up in their Religion they must abstain from meats at such and such times and wear such and such clothes in their Worship and they might observe some of his days and the Apostles and other of the Saints days and the Virgin Mary's Sati●fie me in a Scripture-way of these things and I will be of your Religion for we are not to presume above what is written saith the Apostle 1 Cor. 4. but he commended them who searched the Scriptures and said they were noble who searched to see whether it were so or no as they spake and this was the Bereans the Heathens and shall Christians be worse and more ignoble then the Heathens not to search the Scriptures to see whether the things be so or no that they preach or to see whether they do not presume above what is written 1 Cor. 4.6 10. And whether it be not said in the Bible and Common-prayer Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do And whether or no you that set up holy days which Christ and his Apostles did not do not go contrary to the express commands of God and confound your selves in what you teach 11. And whether or no to curse out any that doth not give you maintenance and doth not hear you and doth not pull off their hats in spiritual Courts is flat contrary to Christ's and the Apostles doctrine which saith Bless and curse not for Christ hath redeemed us out of the curse and it is ignorance weakness or error to excommunicate such as are not of your Church that will not hear you nor give you maintenance 12. And when any was excommunicated was it not such as had done some bad thing among them which caused them to excommunicate them which Members they put out of their Church or Assemblies 13. And did not you all leave and run away from us first about twenty years ago and might not we have turned Jews or Heathens ere this time for you that many now of young people doth not know what your Religion is for according to the Apostle they are to try all things and hold fa●t that which is good and lay hands on no man suddenly 14. And do you not read daily in the Bible and Common-prayer-book Cursed is he that keepeth the Widows Fatherless and strangers right and was not tythes the widows fatherless and strangers right as well as the Priests for them all to eat together and to praise the Lord 15. And doth not they that keep away the widows fatherless and strangers right bring and read the curse on their own heads and let widows fatherless and strangers go begging up and down which God took care for when he gave them part of his tenths which some are careless of which the tenths of his tenths were a heave offering which Christ the offering ends that and all other offerings and ends the tenths before the Law and in the Law and redeemed man out of the ninths up to God out of the earth and reign upon it And so now did not the Independents and Presbyterians do the same and so cursed is he that keepeth away the strangers widows and fatherlesse right which was the tythe so they keeping the tythe from them caused many beggars fatherlesse strangers and widows and then made a Law to whip and punish Vagrants and sturdy beggers Did and do not these and those read the curse on their own heads that did and do so now for when there was so many Jews converted to Christians by Peter then there was a murmuring among the Widows as being neglected for they having had their maintenance formerly with Levi which being converted they could not go back again for Therefore saith the Apostle Chuse you out seven men to distribute unto them and see nothing be lacking for it was not meet for the Apostles to serve Tables but to preach the Word and this was the order among the Christians was it not and whether they ever altered it to this day 16. And whether or no Christ ever altered his Commission which he had given to his Ministers Freely you have received freely give 17. And if so in what Record may we find it whether ever any the Apostles Timothy or Titus made any Ministers by oaths if so where is it written THe Apostle who was a true Minister of Christ Jesus his work was to present every man perfect in Christ Jesus Whom we preach warning every man and teaching every man in all Wisdom that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus Col. 1.28 Now you that call your selves and go under the Name of the Min●sters of Christ are presenting and warning men to such a Court and such a Court and tell them they shall not be perfect whilst upon earth for they must earry a body of death while they be on this side the grave and thus instead of presenting them perfect in Christ Jesus and warning of them unto him you are presenting of them and warning of them to your Courts contrary to the Apostle shewing the spirit of error and will not all people see into this think you And now you that say you are be gifted men and others are to give you so much a year for your gift of God will you not in the end call all such as had given you money for your gift young Simon Magus's and tell them their hearts are not right in the sight of God but that they are in the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity and tell them that the gift of God is not to be bought nor sold for money And hath not they that have said they have bought the gift of God and sell it again for money both buyer and seller been worse than old Simon Magus And hath not this practice proved that they have not had the gift of God which cannot be bought nor sold for money G. F. THE END