Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	heart_n	pray_v	prayer_n	13,124	5	6.7659	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00275	To my faythfull bretheren now affycted ...	Whittingham, William, d. 1579, attrib. name.	1566 (1566)	STC 10389; ESTC S111870	21,251	58

of our backes by the autoryte of almyghtie God the Father the Sonne and the Holyghoste saying and we take from the all our clerkly habyt and we put on the apparell of religion and depose degrade and spoyle the of all orders clerkely benefice Marke the follye of Papistes and clerkelye lyuinge and we restore the to the seruitude and ignominie of the secular habyte Is it not a disorder that Christians shoulde shewe them selues slaues to the Popes order were it not better to serue God in commun attyre then to please the Pope by disquisinge our selues in supersticious surplessis were it not better to obey God who wyllyth vs to serue hym in spret and in truthe then to obey men followyng the deuyse of Pope Syluester the fassyon of the Jewes and practyse of the Papistes where it not better by leauynge of a Surples to folow Christ in breakynge mens tradicions thē by the vse therof to be a companion of Popes Pharises Yf this do not seame sufficient to proue the Minor at this tyme it shal be more at large dyscoursyd hereafter Concernyng the Quenes Maiestes commandement herein we acknowledge our sealues bownde to obey in all thynges lawfullye commaundyd so can not we be persuadyd to vse that in the minysteri which our consciences teacheth vs to be replenished with Idolatrous Ipocrisye also the example of other men which dothe were it ought nothing at all to moue vs to were a surples in the minysterie no more then to consent with them in persecutyng those men whom they terme sedicious scismatyckes for leauyng them of Thus as ye se shortlye dere Brethren we leue the surples as the Popes badge to the shauen Clergye and you as Gods chosen to the protection of the almyghtie whysshynge that God may geue vs grace aswell inwardelye as outwardlye to seke for syncerite and to wayght with all pacience the good wyll pleasure of the almyghtye who wyll can healpe when pleasith hym Fare ye well in the Lorde Jesus ¶ A Godly Prayer OH Lord God and heauenly Father which art a iust Judge to punishe all them that do contynewe to offende the as thou art a Father most pytyfull to receaue to mercy all those whiche geue ouer themselues to please the shewe me thy grace and fauour so that I may be truly touchid withe inward displeasure of my synnes and that in the place of flattering my self to slepe in synne I may be so cast downe in hart that the rather I may truly with mouthe confesse most humbly to geue the the honour glory and prayse dew vnto thy holy name and that as thou of thy greate mercy doste instruct vs therevnto by thy holy word so for thy names sake make that the same may so lighten and cleare our conscience that in dew examination of all our hole lyste we may truly learne to be angry displeasid with all our former and corrupte lyning Oh that it may please the to drawe nere vnto vs in addressyng and guydyng our footsteppes in the true and perfect may of obedyence to thy holy lawes and cōmaundementes Send thy holye Angel to pitche his tentes round about us that Sathan ●is internall army neuer preuayse against vs but allways with strong faith we may thorough Jesus Christ withstand all his crafty engins and snares knowynge vndoubtedly that thou neuer forsakest them that put their trust in the. Oh let vs not be led by the infirmytie of our vntowarde fleshe but strenghten vs by the vertue of the holy spiryte Suffer vs not to lye vnder thy heuy wrathe vengeaunce throughe I pocrysye but rather touche vs so inwardly that we may without ceasyng syghe and grone vnto the by true and vnfayned repentaunce And althoughe we be not allwayes so wel disposyd to aske praye as we ought to do yet good Lord for thy names sake stretche out thy mightie hande that by the gratious workyng of thy holy Spirite our myndes and hartes may be drawen from all erthly and corruptible thinges so that our prayers may procede of an ernest and inward affection so that we neuer presume to cōme before y● with a dobell hart knowing that whosoeuer askethe and prayeth for anye thing of the not asking in faith can not obteyne Increace our faithe therfore oh mercyfull Father that we presently may lyuely feele the benefit of remission and pardon of all our synnes thoroughe the merytes and death of Christ Jesus our Sauiour and so work in vs foreuer hereafter to lyue in thy feare and to stand in awe of thy displeasure that thou mayst contynew our mercyfull Father world without end God graunt yt