Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	true_a	worship_v	worshipper_n	5,566	5	12.1877	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25655	Anti-Cotton answered who comes with five hundred questions against two and twenty of the Examiner examind and yet leaves it out of the question that the magistrate ought to suppresse idolatry &c.		1653 (1653)	Wing A3488; ESTC R26486	23,629	39

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beast_n but_o this_o bring_v to_o mind_v that_o say_n concern_v idol_n that_o have_v eye_n and_o see_v not_o and_o they_o that_o worship_v they_o be_v like_o they_o and_o so_o be_v those_o that_o plead_v for_o they_o the_o sum_n of_o the_o several_a answer_n 1._o the_o examiner_n be_v unchrstian_o deal_v withal_o in_o this_o question_n 2._o if_o it_o be_v so_o easy_a to_o escape_v idolatry_n how_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o there_o be_v so_o many_o idolator_n and_o that_o god_n people_n have_v so_o often_o fall_v into_o idolatry_n 3._o since_o there_o be_v may_v way_n of_o worship_n in_o this_o nation_n as_o presbyter_n &_o independency_n etc._n etc._n and_o all_o of_o they_o be_v carve_v image_n except_o that_o which_o christ_n have_v appoint_v and_o yet_o god_n people_n have_v a_o hand_n in_o erect_v they_o i_o ask_v whether_o it_o be_v not_o easy_o for_o the_o indian_n to_o erect_v image_n of_o gold_n reply_n ad._n 1._o if_o the_o examiner_n pursue_v a_o tenet_n that_o thwart_v the_o scripture_n it_o be_v christian_a to_o deal_v plain_o with_o he_o and_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o set_v himself_o against_o the_o scripture_n rebuke_v they_o sharp_o that_o they_o may_v be_v sound_a in_o the_o faith_n ad._n 2._o 1._o the_o questioner_n do_v not_o say_v its_o easy_a to_o escape_v idolatry_n but_o that_o its_o easy_a to_o find_v out_o that_o the_o heathen_a shall_v not_o make_v idol_n there_o be_v great_a difference_n betwixt_o find_v out_o a_o vice_n and_o escape_v a_o vice_n many_o a_o thief_n can_v easy_o find_v out_o that_o theft_n be_v a_o vice_n yet_o can_v so_o easy_o escape_v it_o by_o this_o it_o plain_o appear_v that_o the_o divers_a question_n urge_v to_o prove_v that_o it_o be_v not_o easy_a for_o the_o nation_n to_o escape_v idolatry_n be_v nothing_o to_o the_o purpose_n but_o heap_n of_o cowardly_a sophistry_n change_v the_o question_n because_o he_o can_v answer_v 2._o i_o grant_v it_o be_v more_o easy_a to_o be_v a_o idolater_n than_o a_o true_a worshipper_n of_o god_n for_o it_o be_v difficult_a to_o worship_v in_o spirit_n and_o truth_n hence_o it_o be_v because_o idolatry_n be_v easy_a and_o carnal_a that_o there_o be_v so_o many_o idolator_n 3._o it_o be_v easy_a to_o find_v out_o murder_n be_v a_o sin_n yet_o according_a to_o this_o author_n logic_n jaske_n how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o david_n fall_v into_o this_o sin_n ad._n 3._o jaske_n whether_o presbytery_n indep_n etc._n etc._n which_o destroy_v no_o fundamental_o be_v so_o gross_a as_o idolatry_n or_o be_v so_o easy_o to_o be_v discern_v for_o true_a or_o false_a as_o idolatry_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n question_n 16.17.18_o whether_o idolatry_n may_v not_o be_v punish_v 5._o sect._n 5._o because_o the_o magistrate_n do_v not_o know_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o idolator_n and_o whether_o this_o reason_n do_v not_o direct_o oppose_v that_o law_n of_o god_n which_o punish_v idolatry_n and_o the_o execution_n agreeable_a to_o 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