Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	life_n	live_v	soul_n	13,623	5	5.6183	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B10222	The unprofitable servants talent put into the bank, in sure hope of acceptance by a merciful Lord; or, The mean mans gift towards the helping forward of the Lords great work. With an information and message from the Lord, to all sorts of people concerned herein; written in plain simplicity.		1656 (1656)	Wing U92B; ESTC R185872	13,250	16

larger or lesser as they turn'd few or many to righteousness and if any of them polluted any of the holy things or themselves they were to be cut off and they were to be out of the worlds ways and orders and they must be men grown and not boys nor old decay'd ones that might serve either in the Priests office or about the Tabernacle neither were any of them approved of that opposed the power and purity of Godliness in any and they were to marry purely and to have pure families and their greatest care and endeavour was to honour Gods great name both in life Doctrine such and much more were the true Levitical Priesthood and such I own and so I desire you should and then you will be truly honourable and much honoured by God and all good men But good friends consider with me are our parish Priesthood such or so call'd or come in as these I cannot discern it to be so Do they come in as gods to execute judgement on the wicked corrupters of Religion Nay do they not uphold still much superstition both in places and forms are not the most of them call'd in by men like themselves and are not the chief ends that they pursue that are discernable Parsonages Tythes Lordships over mens Consciences and satisfaction to their fleshly lusts do they rebuke plainly all offences against all God or man in Patrons friends and all others or own all truths as they are revealed Nay verily they oppose many plain truths and flatter the most of People and tell them its lawful when its poysonous and distructive to young and old as vain sports for recreation excessive feasting and vain toyish costly Houses habits and adornings and such like and do they not call many a pure truth an error because their dark minds nor old Authors discern'd nor discover them not Oh how few of them take the Lords part against wicked ones and wickedness especially against that of the Calfs that it remains here may rather like blinde Israel they ascribe deliverance to it because it was their old Religion Do they blesse the people in the Lords name It little appears by their successes for very few appear to be blessed in most of their Parishes as they call them but remain a poor blinde dead-hearted people to pure godlinesse to the great grief of many Or do they or dare they make the Lord their portion not one of a hundred of them I fear but rather Parsonages Pensions Augmentations the like if these reach not to make them as large as they desire then they seek for an additional help by an Hospital or a Lecture or some ignorant great one to be a Chaplain too or by a School or Phisick or some such way too many of them or else they wait for a call to a greater but never to a lesser profit Oh Priests blush for shame Did ever any of the Lords Priests thus and do not most of you seek proud wives instead of pure ones to serve your lusts rather then to grace your Office and do not most of you breed vain Children instead of godly ones Levitical Priests were taught of God but ours at Universities or by Authors that lived in dark days If the Levitical Priests polluted the Holy things or themselves they were to be cut off but the Priests of England hold all by life though many of them fearfully polluted by covetous earthly proud vain ignorant malicious spirits c. until of late and yet few found insufficient by their holy brethren that are appointed to try them if ordained in and by their Antichristian Order It is sad to behold that by those authorized they their wives and children are prefered before the souls of men and women let the knowledge of this turn your mirth into mourning that are Rulers Especially the Levitical Priests were to be separated from the worlds ways and orders but none deeper in them then English Priests the Levitical Priests were neither to begin young nor to continue old but Englands Priests begin boys and remain until impotency Levy forsook the neerest relations and the highest outward advantages for God and his cause but English Priests forsake God and Christ and his Government for the world Levy in the Priesthood sought to exalt the great and glorious name of God above all things but the Priests of England dishonour it fearfully especially the Wisdom Justice and Mercy of God both in Doctrine and Practice but such as they are lived in those times and the Lord sent his faithful true Prophets and Servants to declare against them and so he doth now but they then slighted them until judgement came upon the whole Nation and it s much to be feared that it will be so now with us for we smart already and more is likely to follow except speedy repentance stop it for our mock-fasts neither have nor will do it any longer O learn wisdom whilst it is to day both Governors Priests and People before the Decree come forth and there be no remedy And think it not a vain thing that so many cry against the Priests now and that godly ones too or else I fear few godly will be found in England is it without the Lord nay judge all you people hath not the Lord himself cast dung in their faces and cursed their blessings Do they turn many nay scarce any to righteousness Are not the most of their best Auditors meer ignorant formalists And are not they weary of Gods service and preach by a glass and look oft at it lest it out last their notes yet cry they would not be tedious to keep their credit and please poor ignorant carnal people Had not the Lord by the Souldiery taken away some of our fooleries we should still have been as we were before or worse if Priests might have had their wills but own such for the Lords Ministers who will I dare not until I see them better for I am sure they are not right according to Scripture nor like the presidents there recorded and therefore I disown them and so ought you that I write to or else wo be to you But it may be that many of them in the publike Ministrey will be so fool hardy as to say excepting their plea for Tythes thereby That they are called into that Office under a higher Dispensation of Gospel Order then the Levitical Priesthood was and that they are Ministers of a better Covenant that is given upon better promises But if ye say so then say I look to what is said Esa 57 16 17 18. Luke 7.30 Heb. 2.1 and then wo be to you if you preach not the pure Gospel purely without mixtures either of addition or diminution And if you plead thus then tell us from whom you succed whether from John Baptist or Christ or his Apostles and Disciples or of and from the Evangeilst Teachers and Pastors of the primitive Ordination tell us that we may