Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	woman_n	work_n	work_v	189	3	6.4199	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00378	An exhortation to the diligent studye of scripture, made by Erasmus Roterodamus. And tra[n]slated in to inglissh. An exposition in to the seventh chaptre of the first pistle to the Corinthians; Paraclesis. English	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Roy, William, fl. 1527-1531, attributed name.; Luther, Martin, 1483-1546. aut	1529 (1529)	STC 10493; ESTC S109910	70,722	156

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ever_o thing_n may_v be_v godly_a with_o pryste_n hod_z and_o after_o it_o y_z e_o very_o same_o may_v be_v well_o begin_v in_o pristehode_n and_z before_o it_o moreover_o this_o may_v right_v well_o be_v call_v a_o shameful_a iuggk_n and_o a_o sore_a deceavable_a colour_n that_o matrimony_n shall_v be_v call_v and_o preach_v to_o be_v a_o godly_a thing_n as_o in_o very_a deed_n it_o be_v and_o grant_v of_o they_o to_o be_v a_o holy_a sacrament_n and_o yet_o may_v not_o be_v admit_v that_o a_o godly_a thing_n &_o sacrament_n shall_v have_v place_n with_o our_o pryste_n o_o miserable_a and_o blind_a blyndenes_n that_o man_n not_o only_o can_v not_o be_v make_v believe_v that_o such_o thing_n be_v very_a trifle_n and_o delusyon_n but_o also_o y_a to_o they_o be_v bring_v in_o mind_n to_o judge_v that_o manner_n of_o lyve_v to_o be_v of_o all_o other_o most_o excellent_a and_o best_a how_o myghteve_a this_o thing_n have_v come_v to_o pass_v unless_o y_fw-es e_o wrath_n of_o god_n have_v 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wise_a do_v not_o the_o spirit_n take_v away_o from_o man_n ne_fw-la from_o woman_n their_o shappe_n their_o limb_n or_o membre_n their_o seade_v ne_z their_o fruit_n and_o operacyon_n for_o a_o christian_a man_n body_n must_v aswelle_v norisshe_v seade_v begette_v childre_fw-fr and_o multiply_v as_o the_o body_n of_o other_o man_n of_o bird_n and_o of_o all_o bests_n and_z lyvely_a thing_n unto_o the_o which_o purpose_n it_o also_o be_v create_v as_o be_v show_v genesis_n i_o so_o that_o man_n of_o necessite_n must_v appete_fw-it natural_o a_o woman_n and_z the_o woman_n a_o man_n unless_o god_n wonderful_o by_o a_o singular_a &_o excellent_a gift_n do_v hold_v they_o therfro_o and_o delyver_v they_o and_o thus_o mean_v paul_n here_o in_o this_o place_n when_z he_o say_v but_o if_o he_o can_v not_o abstain_v let_v he_o marry_v as_o though_o he_o shall_v say_v unto_o who_o god_n have_v not_o give_fw-ge a_o singular_a grace_n but_z leave_v in_o his_o body_n the_o nature_n and_o disposition_n of_o the_o same_o it_o be_v good_a for_o he_o you_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o he_o do_v marry_o forsake_v both_o verginite_a and_o also_o wyddowhede_v furthermore_o it_o be_v not_o the_o mind_n of_o god_n to_o make_v a_o principalle_v and_o singular_a gift_n common_a unto_o many_o but_z will_v that_o marriage_n shall_v be_v common_a to_o each_o body_n like_a as_o he_o do_v one_o ordene_a and_o create_v it_o he_o will_v not_o take_v away_o his_o creature_n from_o every_o man_n ne_z let_v the_o operacyon_n of_o the_o same_o moreover_o a_o christian_a man_n be_v spirit_n and_o flesh_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o spirit_n he_o nead_v not_o of_o matrimony_n but_o because_o his_o flesh_n have_v

man_n not_o tun_n touch_v a_o woman_n nevertheless_o to_o avoid_v fornicacyon_n let_v every_o man_n have_v his_o wife_n and_o let_v every_o woman_n have_v her_o husband_n ¶_o consider_v well_o the_o word_n and_o behold_v how_o short_o he_o break_v of_o make_o digression_n from_o his_o first_o sentence_n it_o be_v say_v he_o good_a if_o a_o man_n do_v not_o touch_v a_o woman_n but_o in_o this_o he_o do_v neither_o bid_v ne_o forbid_v eny_z man_n so_o for_o to_o do_v but_z incontinent_a he_o hy_v he_o unto_o matrimony_n as_o if_o he_o do_v fear_n soche_v a_o good_a thing_n to_o be_v rare_a and_o unwonte_a and_o that_o in_o time_n come_v will_v turn_v and_o be_v change_v into_o fornicacyon_n afferminge_v that_o for_o love_n of_o avoydinge_v fornicacyon_n every_o man_n ought_v to_o have_v his_o wife_n therefore_o this_o be_v his_o first_o sentence_n or_o conclusion_n that_o whosoever_o in_o he_o silfe_n do_v not_o feel_v this_o godly_a and_o good_a thing_n i_o mean_v chastite_n but_o do_v 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law_n of_o god_n all_o ready_a condemn_v this_o thouching_n of_o woman_n have_v some_o parsone_n diffine_v and_o compase_v moche_n strayt_o so_o y_o t_o they_o dare_v not_o touch_v a_o woman_n hand_n nor_o skin_n moreover_o they_o have_v find_v and_o imagine_v many_o both_o statute_n and_o ceremony_n by_o which_o they_o may_v keep_v then selve_o from_o the_o company_n of_o woman_n so_o y_o t_o they_o shall_v neither_o s●e_v nor_o hear_v they_o suppose_v that_o by_o such_o meany_n they_o have_v make_v royal_a provision_n to_o live_v chaste_a and_z unmaryed_a and_o thus_o they_o that_o first_o dydde_v build_v monasterye_n and_o abbey_n think_v that_o young_a man_n may_v be_v keep_v pure_a &_o chaste_a if_o they_o wear_v absente_v from_o young_a woman_n and_o likewise_o young_a woman_n from_o man_n but_o unto_o what_o prefe_n and_o how_o fortunate_o that_o thing_n have_v come_v to_o pass_v and_o what_o place_n thurby_o have_v be_v give_fw-ge to_o satan_n it_o be_v horrible_a both_o to_o 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eny_z man_n be_v bold_a to_o do_v and_o what_o do_v it_o profit_n to_o sperre_v and_o close_o in_o a_o young_a woman_n that_z she_o can_v have_v no_o liberte_fw-fr neither_o to_o see_v ne_o hear_v a_o young_a man_n when_z her_o heart_n with_o out_o ceasinge_v do_v morn_n and_o sygh_a after_o such_o one_o both_o day_n and_o nyghte_n the_o heart_n must_v be_v give_fw-ge unto_o chastite_n else_o all_o our_o enforsement_fw-mi labour_n and_o diligence_n shall_v be_v unto_o we_o grevous_a and_o painful_a as_o hell_n and_o other_o like_o torment_n wherefore_o this_o say_n of_o paul_n must_v needs_o be_v understande_v in_o sorete_a and_o in_o heart_n on_o this_o wise_a that_o he_o shall_v be_v say_v not_o to_o touch_v a_o woman_n which_z with_o desire_n of_o his_o heart_n and_z with_o his_o own_fw-mi prope_a will_n do_v outward_o keep_v his_o body_n from_o woman_n and_o not_o he_o that_o be_v compel_v outward_o to_o abstain_v or_o keep_v from_o woman_n inward_o in_o heart_n be_v fulle_a of_o lust_n and_o love_n towards_o they_o but_o such_o be_v dissembler_n and_o hypocrite_n who_o clenne_n and_o chastite_n glister_v before_o the_o world_n but_z afore_o god_n it_o be_v lose_v and_o damnable_a you_o it_o be_v double_a lechery_n for_z faint_a paul_n saing_n be_v free_o spretuall_a wherefore_o it_o require_v a_o free_a spirit_n and_z in_o a_o free_a spirit_n it_o must_v be_v take_v &_o receive_v but_o hypocryte_n receive_v it_o grudginly_a make_o thereof_o a_o dead_a letter_n &_o a_o grevous_a law_n that_o d●yveth_v and_o compel_v they_o and_o so_o they_o make_v damnable_a &_o feign_a chastite_n by_o outward_a shunninge_a &_o avoidinge_v from_o woman_n dolorous_a &_o paynfulle_a mark_v now_o whatkyn_n soulesleer_v they_o be_v wh●ch_o so_o entice_v and_o provoke_v folisshe_v youth_n to_o vow_v outward_a chasti●e_n causinge_v and_o compellinge_v they_o to_o norisshe_v with_o in_o they_o inward_o hide_v malice_n and_o evyll_n take_n no_o consyderation_n with_o themselves_o 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