Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	grace_n	pray_v	prayer_n	8,057	5	6.5536	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04619	A commentary vpon the Epistles of Saint Paul to Philemon, and to the Hebrewes together with a compendious explication of the second and third Epistles of Saint Iohn. By VVilliam Iones of East Bergholt in Suffolke, Dr. in Divinity, and sometimes one of the fellowes of the foundation of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge.	Jones, William, 1561-1636.	1635 (1635)	STC 14739.5; ESTC S112377	707,566	758

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he_o that_o be_v best_a be_v worst_a if_o he_o ascribe_v his_o excellency_n to_o himself_o 11._o joseph_n indeed_o say_v augustine_n find_v silver_n in_o benjamin_n sack_n but_o it_o be_v of_o his_o own_o put_n in_o so_o god_n find_v silver_n and_o golden_a grace_n in_o we_o but_o he_o put_v they_o in_o before_o therefore_o he_o be_v to_o be_v thank_v for_o all_o homo_fw-la est_fw-la exceptorium_fw-la bonitatis_fw-la dei_fw-la man_n be_v a_o empty_a vessel_n that_o receive_v all_o 24._o which_o it_o please_v god_n to_o pour_v into_o it_o who_o god_n be_v he_o who_o he_o thanks_n my_o god_n what_o be_v he_o saint_n paul_n god_n and_o not_o saint_n peter_n god_n yes_o very_o it_o be_v not_o his_o meaning_n to_o monopolise_v god_n to_o himself_o as_o it_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o some_o to_o do_v god_n be_v their_o god_n alone_o they_o be_v the_o sole_a child_n of_o god_n all_o other_o be_v reprobate_n st._n paul_n be_v not_o of_o such_o a_o proud_a spirit_n he_o speak_v this_o non_fw-la 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to_o receive_v he_o not_o now_o because_o a_o alteration_n be_v make_v in_o he_o now_o as_o a_o servant_n he_o do_v not_o speak_v it_o in_o contempt_n of_o servant_n dominus_fw-la &_o servus_n diversa_fw-la nomina_fw-la aug._n sed_fw-la homines_fw-la &_o homines_fw-la paria_fw-la sunt_fw-la nomina_fw-la master_n and_o servant_n be_v diverse_a name_n 124._o but_o man_n and_o man_n be_v equal_a name_n thou_o be_v a_o man_n a_o weak_a man_n a_o sinful_a man_n as_o well_o as_o thy_o servant_n therefore_o despise_v not_o thy_o servant_n one_o may_v go_v to_o heaven_n as_o well_o out_o of_o the_o degree_n of_o a_o servant_n as_o of_o a_o master_n let_v none_o of_o you_o suffer_v as_o a_o thief_n there_o the_o name_n of_o thief_n be_v a_o contemptible_a name_n 4.15_o so_o be_v not_o the_o name_n of_o a_o servant_n here_o when_o as_o he_o say_v not_o as_o a_o servant_n non_fw-la ut_fw-la servum_fw-la tantùm_fw-la not_o as_o a_o servant_n only_o joseph_n esteem_v mary_n not_o as_o a_o wife_n but_o as_o a_o woman_n great_o honour_v by_o god_n to_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o he_o that_o be_v both_o god_n and_o man_n yet_o he_o esteem_v she_o as_o his_o wife_n so_o here_o what_o then_o but_o above_o a_o servant_n why_o a_o brother_n and_o a_o brother_n be_v more_o than_o a_o servant_n we_o be_v all_o brethren_n maximè_fw-la cum_fw-la fides_fw-la accedit_fw-la media_fw-la ambr._n qua_fw-la omnem_fw-la superbiam_fw-la amputat_fw-la especial_o when_o faith_n conjoin_v we_o together_o which_o be_v as_o a_o knife_n to_o cut_v off_o all_o pride_n in_o christ_n there_o be_v neither_o bond_n nor_o free_a 3.28_o but_o we_o be_v all_o one_o in_o christ_n jesus_n the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n be_v brethren_n the_o minister_n and_o the_o people_n be_v brethren_n if_o they_o believe_v in_o christ._n so_o also_o the_o master_n and_o the_o servant_n be_v brethren_n we_o have_v one_o father_n which_o be_v god_n one_o mother_n the_o catholic_a church_n one_o elder_a brother_n which_o be_v 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name_n be_v marie_n in_o who_o house_n the_o saint_n be_v assemble_v and_o pray_v for_o saint_n peter_n when_o he_o be_v in_o prison_n 12.12_o 3._o his_o own_o industry_n and_o forwardness_n in_o accompany_v st._n paul_n and_o barnabas_n who_o minister_n he_o be_v yet_o there_o be_v one_o thing_n that_o be_v a_o stain_n in_o this_o fair_a cloth_n that_o be_v his_o depart_n from_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n he_o go_v not_o through_o with_o they_o in_o the_o work_n 13.13_o leave_v they_o in_o the_o plain_a field_n and_o return_v to_o jerusalem_n which_o be_v a_o occasion_n of_o a_o great_a fall_v out_o between_o these_o two_o worthy_a men._n nevertheless_o 38._o by_o all_o probability_n he_o repent_v of_o it_o and_o become_v a_o more_o painful_a labourer_n afterward_o for_o at_o this_o present_a he_o be_v of_o good_a reputation_n in_o the_o church_n else_o saint_n paul_n will_v not_o have_v set_v he_o in_o the_o forefront_n of_o his_o salutation_n the_o second_o be_v aristarchus_n mons_fw-la operis_fw-la amplioris_fw-la say_v hierome_n har_n mons_fw-la &_o magnaseh_n opus_fw-la a_o mountain_n of_o a_o more_o ample_a work_n he_o be_v of_o macedonia_n and_o a_o thessalonian_n 4.10_o he_o be_v saint_n paul_n prison-fellow_n when_o he_o write_v to_o the_o colossian_n but_o now_o at_o liberty_n the_o three_o be_v demas_n sileas_fw-la say_v hierome_n of_o dum_fw-la silere_fw-la he_o be_v dumb_a and_o too_o much_o silent_a or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d popularis_fw-la he_o be_v a_o popular_a man_n a_o man-pleas_a he_o love_v the_o praise_n of_o man_n more_o than_o the_o praise_n of_o god_n saint_n paul_n set_v a_o brand_n of_o infamy_n upon_o he_o 4.10_o demas_n have_v forsake_v i_o and_o embrace_v the_o present_a world_n but_o at_o this_o time_n he_o be_v in_o good_a account_n with_o saint_n paul_n otherwise_o he_o will_v not_o have_v do_v he_o so_o much_o honour_n as_o to_o place_v he_o 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low_a vltimus_fw-la sed_fw-la dignitate_fw-la primus_fw-la the_o last_o in_o place_n the_o first_o in_o dignity_n 2.16_o he_o be_v a_o syrian_a by_o nation_n and_o of_o antiochia_n saint_n paul_n his_o disciple_n hic_fw-la est_fw-la ille_fw-la frater_fw-la cujus_fw-la laus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o evangelio_n this_o be_v that_o brother_n who_o praise_n be_v in_o the_o gospel_n throughout_o all_o the_o church_n 2_o cor._n 8.18_o when_o saint_n paul_n say_v according_a to_o my_o gospel_n he_o mean_v s._n luke_n gospel_n 4._o he_o do_v evangelizare_fw-la calamo_fw-la &_o lingua_fw-la he_o preach_v by_o his_o pen_n in_o write_v a_o gospel_n and_o the_o history_n of_o the_o act_n they_o be_v both_o eloquent_o write_v he_o preach_v also_o with_o his_o tongue_n as_o epiphan_n record_v 43._o in_o dalmatia_n galatia_n italia_n macedonia_n nicephorus_n affirm_v that_o he_o be_v a_o excellent_a painter_n another_o apelles_n sure_o

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