Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	pray_v	prayer_n	supplication_n	6,912	5	11.1562	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09628	Tvvelve rules, and vveapons concerning the spirituall battel Together with a briefe exposition vpon the sixteene Psalme: with two most worthie epistles, written in Latin by that most worthy and noble gentleman Iohn Picus Earle of Mirandula. And translated into English for the benefite of all good Christian souldiers in the spirituall battaile.; Selections	Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494.; W. H., fl. 1589.	1589 (1589)	STC 19898A.3; ESTC S110418	18,502	40

perswasion of aduantage for that is fox like and subtill or vpon rankor and rage for that is diuelish and passionate or vpon foole hardines and temeritie for that is inconsiderate and sencelesse but vpon discharge of duetie loue of vertue iustice of the quarrel dignitie of the generall and honor of the conquest Let vs propose euen before our eyes the exquisite skill the singular vertue the ineffable authoritie and the felicitie inexplicable of our king and soueraigne Christ Iesus Let vs study to learne the first to imitate the second to depend vpon the third so shall we participate of the fourth Let vs take vnto vs the whole armour of God let our loynes be girded about with verity let vs put on the brest plate of righteousnes let our feete be shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace aboue all let vs take the shielde of faith which is Christ Iesus by faith apprehended wherewith wee may quench all the fierie dartes of the wicked Let vs take the helmet of saluation and the sworde of the spirite which is the word of God Let vs pray alwayes with all maner prayers and supplication in the spirite and watch thereunto with all perseuerance Scipio Affricanus as we reade in Liuie for the better trayning of his Souldiers prescribed them the first day to runne certayne myles armed the second before their Tent doores to trimme and dresse their furniture the third day to exercise them selues in a fayned velitation and skirmish one with the other the fourth day to rest the fift day to returne to the first dayes practise and thus to continue while they had leysure from true battels and conflicts But sith this spirituall warfare is continuall we may neuer lay off our armour but must like expert Souldyars make it as familiar vnto vs as our skinne especially sith it is of that necessity that we cannot conquere without it and of that mettal that it wil rust with no wether of that nature that it wil wax the brighter the more that we weare it We shall neede no counterfet skirmishes that are euer present with serious combats wherein to winne is not wearisome but to lose is laborious the one carrying with it solace the other sorrowe Let vs learne carefully and obserue faithfully the directions geuen vs by our Generall for his doctrine is our discipline Let vs carry alwaies in minde his cohortation which is the whetstone of martiall vigor Let vs imitate his example who is the perfect patterne of all goodnesse and vertue Let vs be allured by the exploites of famous Souldiers that haue beene before vs. Let vs follow their course their coūcel their cōfort in this spirituall fight wherein among many I greatly cōmend the instructions and practise of that most rare learned vertuous and noble Gentleman Iohn Picus Earle of Mirandula whose aduice herein so well pleaseth me that I thought good to communicate it to my friends and to dedicate it vnto you my very good vncle together with a briefe exposition of his vpon the sixteene Psalme with two Epistles vnto his Nephewe a most honourable vertuous and learned Prince Iohannes Franciscus Picus Earl of Mirandula and Prince of Concordia which I present vnto you as the fruytes of mine idle houres which being not many their labour can be neither great nor exquisite It resteth that I recommend you to his most blessed tuition that hath hetherto led you a long and honourable race thorow the warfare both secular and spirituall ioyning with you in most feruent prayers to his diuine Maiestie to establishe your trauayles in the one throughout all posterity and your triumphs in the other thorowout all eternitie From the castle of the Iland this tenth of December 1588. Your louing Nephew W. H. TWELVE RVLES OF IOHN PIcus Earle of Mirandula partly stirring vp partly directing man in the spirituall battaile IF THE WAY OF vertue seeme hard vnto man because wee must cōtinually fight against the flesh the deuill and the world let him remember that what way soeuer hee shall choose yea if it be according to the world hee must suffer much aduersitie sorrow discommoditie and trauaile Let him remember that in thinges of this world the fight is longer painfuller vnprofitabler wherein labor is the ende of labor and the last is eternall paine Let him remember that it is a foolish thing to beleeue that any is able to goe to heauen vnlesse it be through this ba●●ell euen as our head Christ ascended not into heauen but by his crosse neither ought the state of the seruant to be better then the state of his Lord and master Let him remember that this battell is not onely to be endured but also to be desired although thereby we receiue no reward onely to be conformed to Christ our God and Lord as often as thou striuest against any of thy sences by resisting any temptatiō marke to what part of the crosse of Christ thou art to be conformed as when thou resisting gluttonie annoyest thy taste remember that he dranke vinager mingled with gall when as thou keepest thy handes from any rapine which liketh thee remember that his hands were fast nayled to the crosse for thee and if thou resistest pride remember that when he was in the forme of God hee tooke vpon him for thee the forme of a seruant and humbled himselfe euen to the death of the crosse and when thou art tempted of anger remember that he which was God and the most righteous among men when he notwithstanding saw himselfe as a theefe to be mocked to be spitted on to be beaten to be reuiled and to be reputed with theeues yet he shewed at no time any token of anger or grudge but enduring all things most patiently replyed to all men most mildly and in this wise running thorow euery thing thou shalt finde that there is no passion but shall make thee conformable to Christ in some sort That thou trust not in these twelue weapons in any worldly remedie whatsoeuer but onely in the power of Iesus Christ which hath said Be of good chere I haue ouercome the world And in another place The Prince of this world is cast out wherefore we also by his onely power doe trust that we are able both to vanquish the world and to ouercome the deuill therefore wee ought alwayes by prayer to seeke his helpe Remember that when thou hast ouercome one temptation then another is alwayes to be expected for that the deuill alwayes goeth about seeking whō he may deuoure wherefore it behooueth vs alwayes to be readie and regardfull and to say with the Prophet I will alwayes stand vpon my watch That thou not onely be not ouercome of the deuill but that thou also ouercome him when he tempteth thee and this is when thou doest not onely not offend but also takest an occasion to doe some good by that thing wherin he tempteth thee as if his work offereth thee any good that