Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	religion_n	zeal_n	zealous_a	173	3	9.1439	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51300	Enthusiasmus triumphatus, or, A discourse of the nature, causes, kinds, and cure, of enthusiasme; written by Philophilus Parresiastes, and prefixed to Alazonomastix his observations and reply: whereunto is added a letter of his to a private friend, wherein certain passages in his reply are vindicated, and severall matters relating to enthusiasme more fully cleared.	More, Henry, 1614-1687.; More, Henry, 1614-1687.	1656 (1656)	Wing M2655; ESTC R202933	187,237	340

zeal_n and_o eloquence_n that_o he_o fancy_v himself_o the_o holy-ghost_n 17._o and_o when_o man_n talk_v so_o much_o of_o the_o spirit_n if_o they_o take_v notice_n what_o they_o ordinary_o mean_v by_o it_o it_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o strong_a and_o impetuous_a motion_n whereby_o they_o be_v zealous_o and_o fervent_o carry_v in_o matter_n of_o religion_n so_o that_o fervour_n zeal_n and_o spirit_n be_v in_o effect_n all_o one_o now_o no_o complexion_n be_v so_o hot_a as_o melancholy_a when_o it_o be_v heat_v be_v like_o boil_a water_n as_o aristotle_n obseru_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o that_o it_o transcend_v the_o flame_n of_o fire_n or_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d heat_a stone_n or_o iron_n when_o they_o be_v red_a hot_a for_o they_o be_v then_o more_o hot_a by_o far_o than_o a_o burn_a coal_n we_o shall_v omit_v here_o to_o play_v the_o grammarian_n and_o to_o take_v notice_n how_o well_o aristotle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suit_n with_o the_o very_a word_n zeal_n of_o which_o we_o speak_v but_o shall_v cast_v our_o eye_n more_o careful_o upon_o the_o thing_n themselves_o and_o parallel_v out_o of_o the_o same_o philosopher_n what_o they_o call_v spirit_n to_o what_o he_o affirm_v to_o be_v contain_v in_o melancholy_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o spirit_n then_o that_o wing_n the_o enthusiast_n in_o such_o a_o wonderful_a ●anner_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o that_o flatulency_n which_o be_v in_o the_o melancholy_a complexion_n &_o rise_v out_o of_o the_o hypochondriacal_a humour_n upon_o some_o occasional_a heat_n as_o wind_v out_o of_o a_o aeolipila_n apply_v to_o the_o fire_n which_o fume_n mount_v into_o the_o head_n be_v first_o actuate_v and_o spirit_v and_o somewhat_o refine_v by_o the_o warmth_n of_o the_o heart_n fill_v the_o mind_n with_o variety_n of_o imagination_n and_o so_o quicken_v and_o enlarge_v invention_n that_o it_o make_v the_o enthusiast_n to_o admiration_n fluent_a and_o eloquent_a he_o be_v as_o it_o be_v drink_v with_o new_a wine_n draw_v from_o that_o cellar_n of_o his_o own_o that_o lie_v in_o the_o low_a region_n of_o his_o body_n though_o he_o be_v not_o aware_a of_o it_o but_o take_v it_o to_o be_v pure_a nectar_n and_o those_o water_n of_o life_n that_o spring_n from_o above_o aristotle_n make_v a_o long_a parallelisme_n betwixt_o the_o nature_n and_o effect_n of_o wine_n and_o melancholy_n to_o which_o both_o fernelius_n and_o sennertus_n do_v refer_v 18._o but_o this_o be_v not_o all_o the_o advantage_n that_o melancholy_a afford_v towards_o enthusiasm_n thus_o unexpected_o and_o sudden_o to_o surprise_v the_o mind_n with_o such_o vehement_a fit_n of_o zeal_n such_o stream_n &_o torent_n of_o eloquence_n in_o either_o exhort_v other_o to_o piety_n or_o in_o devotion_n towards_o god_n but_o it_o add_v a_o great_a weight_n of_o belief_n that_o there_o be_v something_o supernatural_a in_o the_o business_n in_o that_o the_o same_o complexion_n discover_v itself_o to_o they_o that_o lie_v under_o it_o in_o such_o contrary_a effect_n for_o as_o it_o be_v thus_o vehement_o hot_a so_o it_o be_v as_o stupid_o cold_a whence_o the_o melancholist_n become_v faithless_a hopeless_a heartless_a and_o almost_o witless_a which_o ebb_v of_o his_o constitution_n must_v needs_o make_v the_o overflow_a of_o it_o seem_v more_o miraculous_a and_o supernatural_a but_o those_o cold_a and_o abject_a fit_n of_o his_o make_v he_o also_o very_o sensible_o and_o winning_o rhetorical_a when_o he_o speak_v of_o disconsolation_n desertion_n humility_n mortification_n and_o the_o like_a as_o if_o he_o be_v true_o and_o voluntary_o carry_v through_o such_o thing_n when_o as_o only_o the_o fatal_a necessity_n of_o his_o complexion_n have_v violent_o drag_v he_o through_o the_o mere_a shadow_n and_o resemblance_n of_o they_o but_o he_o find_v himself_o afterward_o beyond_o all_o hope_n or_o any_o sense_n or_o presage_v of_o any_o power_n in_o himself_o lift_v aloft_o again_o he_o do_v not_o doubt_n that_o any_o thing_n less_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o unexpected_a joy_n and_o triumph_n than_o the_o immediate_a arm_n of_o god_n from_o heaven_n that_o have_v thus_o exalt_v he_o when_o it_o be_v nothing_o indeed_o but_o a_o paroxysm_n of_o melancholy_n which_o be_v like_o the_o break_n out_o of_o a_o flame_n after_o a_o long_a smoke_n and_o reek_v of_o new_a rubbish_n lay_v upon_o the_o fire_n but_o because_o such_o return_n as_o these_o come_v not_o at_o set_a time_n nor_o make_v man_n sick_a but_o rather_o delight_v they_o they_o think_v there_o be_v something_o divine_a therein_o and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o from_o natural_a cause_n 19_o there_o be_v also_o another_o notorious_a mockery_n in_o this_o complexion_n nature_n confident_o avouch_v herself_o to_o be_v god_n who_o the_o apostle_n call_v love_n as_o if_o it_o be_v his_o very_a essence_n when_o as_o indeed_o it_o be_v here_o nothing_o else_o but_o melancholy_n that_o have_v put_v on_o the_o garment_n of_o a_o angel_n of_o light_n there_o be_v nothing_o more_o true_a than_o that_o love_n be_v the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o high_a perfection_n that_o be_v compatible_a to_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n and_o that_o this_o also_o be_v so_o plain_a and_o unavoidable_a that_o a_o man_n may_v be_v in_o a_o very_a high_a degree_n mad_a and_o yet_o not_o fail_v to_o assent_v unto_o it_o nay_o i_o dare_v say_v melancholy_a itself_o will_v be_v his_o monitour_n to_o remind_v he_o of_o it_o if_o there_o be_v any_o possibility_n that_o he_o shall_v forget_v so_o manifest_a and_o palpable_a a_o truth_n for_o the_o sense_n of_o love_n at_o large_a be_v eminent_o comprehend_v in_o the_o temper_n of_o the_o melancholist_n melancholy_a and_o wine_n be_v of_o so_o near_o a_o nature_n one_o to_o the_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o wine_n make_v man_n amorous_a which_o the_o philosopher_n prove_v in_o that_o a_o man_n in_o wine_n will_v kiss_v such_o person_n as_o a_o sober_a man_n will_v scarce_o touch_v with_o a_o pair_n of_o tong_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o age_n and_o ugliness_n and_o assure_o it_o be_v the_o fume_n of_o melancholy_n that_o infatuate_v the_o fancy_n of_o a_o late_a new_a fangle_a religionist_n when_o he_o sit_v so_o kind_o by_o a_o gipsy_n under_o a_o hedge_n and_o put_v his_o hand_n into_o her_o bosom_n in_o a_o fit_a of_o devotion_n and_o vaunt_v afterward_o of_o it_o as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v a_o very_a pious_a and_o meritorious_a action_n 20._o but_o now_o that_o melancholy_n partake_v much_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o wine_n he_o evince_v from_o that_o it_o be_v so_o spiritous_a and_o that_o it_o be_v so_o spiritous_a from_o that_o it_o be_v so_o spumeous_a and_o that_o melancholy_a be_v flatuous_a or_o spiritous_a he_o appeal_v to_o the_o physician_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wherefore_o the_o philosopher_n assign_v another_o companion_n to_o venus_n beside_o the_o plump_a youth_n bacchus_n which_o the_o poet_n bestow_v upon_o she_o who_o though_o more_o seem_o sad_a yet_o will_v prove_v as_o faithful_a a_o attendant_n as_o that_o other_o and_o this_o be_v melancholy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o beside_o this_o flatulencie_n that_o solicit_v to_o lust_n there_o may_v be_v such_o a_o due_a dash_n of_o sanguine_a in_o the_o melancholy_a that_o the_o complexion_n may_v prove_v stupendious_o enravish_v for_o that_o more_o sluggish_a dulcour_n of_o the_o blood_n will_v be_v sometime_o so_o quicken_v and_o actuate_v by_o the_o fierceness_n and_o sharpness_n of_o the_o melancholy_a humour_n as_o the_o fulsomeness_n of_o sugar_n be_v by_o the_o acrimony_n of_o lemon_n that_o it_o will_v afford_v far_o more_o sensible_a pleasure_n and_o all_o the_o imagination_n of_o love_n of_o what_o kind_n soever_o will_v be_v ●arre_o more_o lively_a and_o vigorous_a more_o pierce_a and_o rapturous_a than_o they_o can_v be_v in_o pure_a sanguine_a itself_o from_o this_o complexion_n be_v poet_n and_o the_o more_o high_o pretend_v enthusiast_n betwixt_o who_o this_o be_v the_o great_a difference_n that_o a_o poet_n be_v a_o enthusiast_n in_o jest_n and_o a_o enthusiast_n be_v a_o poet_n in_o good_a earnest_n melancholy_a prevail_v so_o much_o with_o he_o that_o he_o take_v his_o no_o better_o than_o poetical_a fit_n and_o figment_n for_o divine_a inspiration_n and_o real_a truth_n 21._o but_o that_o it_o be_v a_o mere_a natural_a flatuous_a and_o spiritous_a temper_n with_o a_o proportionable_a dosis_n of_o sanguine_a add_v to_o their_o melancholy_n not_o the_o pure_a spirit_n of_o god_n that_o thus_o inact_v they_o be_v plain_o to_o be_v discover_v not_o only_o in_o their_o language_n which_o be_v very_o sweet_a and_o melt_a as_o if_o sugar_a plum_n lay_v under_o their_o tongue_n but_o from_o notorious_a circumstance_n of_o their_o life_n and_o in_o my_o apprehension_n it_o will_v be_v

a_o sufficient_a pledge_n of_o this_o truth_n if_o we_o set_v before_o our_o eye_n those_o that_o have_v the_o most_o high_o pretend_v to_o the_o spirit_n and_o that_o have_v have_v the_o great_a power_n to_o delude_v the_o people_n for_o that_o that_o pride_n and_o tumour_n of_o mind_n whereby_o they_o be_v so_o confident_o carry_v out_o to_o profess_v as_o well_o as_o to_o conceive_v so_o high_o of_o themselves_o that_o no_o less_o title_n must_v serve_v their_o turn_n then_o that_o of_o god_n the_o holy-ghost_n or_o paraclet_n the_o messiah_n the_o last_o and_o chief_a prophet_n the_o judge_n of_o the_o quick_a and_o the_o dead_a and_o the_o like_a that_o all_o this_o come_v from_o melancholy_n be_v manifest_a by_o a_o low_a kind_n of_o work_v of_o that_o complexion_n for_o to_o begin_v with_o the_o first_o of_o these_o impostor_n simon_n magus_n who_o give_v out_o that_o he_o be_v god_n the_o father_n he_o prove_v himself_o to_o be_v but_o a_o wretched_a lecherous_a man_n by_o that_o inseparable_a companion_n of_o he_o helena_n who_o he_o call_v selene_n and_o affirm_v to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o divine_a power_n when_o she_o be_v no_o better_a than_o a_o lewd_a strumpet_n there_o be_v also_o one_o menander_n a_o samaritan_n that_o vaunt_v himself_o to_o be_v the_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n a_o maintainer_n of_o the_o same_o licentious_a and_o impure_a opinion_n with_o simon_n montanus_n profess_v himself_o to_o be_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n but_o that_o it_o be_v the_o spirit_n of_o melancholy_n that_o besot_v he_o his_o two_o drab_n prisca_n and_o maximilla_n evident_o enough_o declare_v who_o be_v say_v to_o leave_v their_o own_o husband_n to_o follow_v he_o we_o may_v add_v a_o three_o one_o quintilla_fw-la a_o woman_n of_o no_o better_a fame_n and_o a_o intimate_a acquaintance_n of_o the_o other_o two_o from_o whence_o the_o montanist_n be_v also_o call_v quintillian_o manes_n also_o hold_v himself_o to_o be_v the_o true_a paraclet_n but_o lest_o a_o sect_n behind_o he_o indoctrinate_v in_o all_o licentious_a and_o filthy_a principle_n mahomet_n more_o successful_a than_o any_o the_o last_o and_o chief_a prophet_n that_o ever_o come_v into_o the_o world_n if_o you_o will_v believe_v he_o that_o he_o be_v melancholy_a his_o epilepticall_a fit_n be_v one_o argument_n and_o his_o permission_n of_o plurality_n of_o wife_n and_o concubine_n his_o lascivious_a description_n of_o the_o joy_n of_o heaven_n or_o paradise_n another_o but_o i_o must_v confess_v i_o do_v much_o doubt_n whether_o he_o take_v himself_o to_o be_v a_o prophet_n or_o no_o for_o he_o seem_v to_o i_o rather_o a_o pleasant_a witty_a companion_n and_o shrewd_a politician_n than_o a_o mere_a enthusiast_n and_o so_o wise_a as_o not_o to_o venture_v his_o credit_n or_o success_n upon_o mere_a conceit_n of_o his_o own_o but_o he_o build_v upon_o the_o weighty_a principle_n of_o the_o religion_n of_o jew_n and_o christian_n such_o as_o that_o god_n be_v the_o creator_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o world_n that_o there_o be_v angel_n and_o spirit_n that_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v immortal_a and_o that_o there_o be_v a_o judgement_n and_o a_o everlasting_a reward_n to_o come_v after_o the_o natural_a death_n of_o the_o body_n so_o that_o indeed_o mahometism_n seem_v but_o a_o abuse_n of_o certain_a principle_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o moses_n and_o christ_n to_o a_o political_a design_n and_o therefore_o in_o itself_o far_o to_o be_v prefer_v before_o the_o vain_a and_o idle_a enthusiasm_n of_o dâvid_n george_n who_o yet_o be_v so_o high_o conceit_v of_o his_o own_o light_n that_o he_o hope_v to_o put_v mahomet_n nose_n out_o of_o joint_n give_v out_o of_o himself_o that_o he_o be_v the_o last_o and_o chief_a prophet_n when_o as_o lef●_n to_o the_o intoxication_n of_o his_o own_o melancholy_a and_o sanguine_a he_o hold_v neither_o heaven_n nor_o hell_n neither_o reward_n nor_o punishment_n after_o this_o life_n neither_o devil_n nor_o angel_n nor_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n but_o though_o bear_v a_o christian_a yet_o he_o do_v mahomitise_n in_o this_o that_o he_o also_o do_v indulge_v plurality_n of_o wife_n it_o shall_v seem_v that_o so_o dark_a and_o fulsome_a a_o dash_n of_o blood_n there_o be_v mix_v with_o his_o melancholy_n that_o though_o the_o one_o make_v he_o a_o pretend_a prophet_n yet_o the_o other_o will_v not_o suffer_v he_o to_o entertain_v the_o least_o presage_n of_o any_o thing_n beyond_o this_o mortal_a life_n he_o also_o that_o be_v say_v to_o insist_v in_o his_o step_n and_o talk_v so_o magnificent_o of_o himself_o as_o if_o he_o be_v come_v to_o judge_v both_o the_o quick_a and_o the_o dead_a by_o a_o injudicious_a distort_n and_o force_v of_o such_o plain_a substantial_a passage_n of_o scripture_n as_o assure_v we_o of_o the_o existence_n of_o angel_n and_o spirit_n and_o of_o a_o life_n to_o come_v bear_v his_o condemnation_n in_o himself_o and_o proclaim_v to_o all_o the_o world_n that_o he_o be_v rather_o a_o priest_n of_o venus_n or_o a_o mere_a sidereal_a preacher_n out_o of_o the_o sweetness_n and_o powerfulness_n of_o his_o own_o natural_a complexion_n than_o a_o true_a prophet_n of_o god_n or_o a_o friend_n of_o the_o mystical_a bridegroom_n christ_n jesus_n to_o who_o very_a person_n as_o to_o her_o lord_n and_o sovereign_n the_o church_n his_o spouse_n do_v owe_v all_o reverential_a love_n and_o honour_n but_o such_o bloat_v and_o high_a swell_a enthusiast_n that_o be_v so_o big_a in_o the_o conceit_n of_o their_o own_o inward_a worth_n have_v little_a either_o sense_n or_o belief_n of_o this_o duty_n but_o fancy_n themselves_o either_o equal_a or_o superior_a to_o christ_n who_o notwithstanding_o god_n have_v declare_v supreme_a head_n over_o man_n and_o angel_n and_o yet_o they_o will_v disthrone_v he_o and_o set_v up_o themselves_o though_o they_o can_v show_v no_o title_n but_o a_o unsound_a kind_n of_o popular_a eloquence_n a_o rapsodie_n of_o sleight_n and_o soft_a word_n roll_a and_o stream_a tautology_n which_o if_o they_o at_o any_o time_n bear_v any_o true_a sense_n with_o they_o it_o be_v but_o what_o every_o ordinary_a christian_a know_v before_o but_o what_o they_o oft_o insinuate_v by_o the_o by_o be_v a_o bominable_o false_a as_o sure_a as_o christianity_n itself_o be_v true_a yet_o such_o foppery_n as_o these_o seem_v fine_a thing_n to_o the_o heedless_a and_o pusillanimous_a but_o sure_o christ_n will_v raise_v such_o a_o discern_a spirit_n in_o his_o church_n that_o by_o evidence_n and_o conviction_n of_o reason_n not_o by_o force_n or_o external_a power_n such_o mock-prophet_n and_o false_a messiasses_n as_o these_o will_v be_v discountenance_v and_o hiss_v off_o of_o the_o stage_n nor_o will_v there_o be_v a_o man_n that_o know_v himself_o to_o be_v a_o christian_n that_o will_v receive_v they_o 22_o we_o have_v i_o think_v by_o a_o sufficient_a induction_n discover_v the_o condition_n and_o cause_n of_o this_o 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