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blood_n	artery_n	heart_n	vein_n	9,504	5	10.0908	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12183	The excellencie of the Gospell above the law Wherein the liberty of the sonnes of God is shewed. With the image of their graces here, and glory hereafter. Which affords much comfort and great incouragement, to all such as begin timely, and continue constantly in the wayes of God. By R. Sibbs, D.D. Mr. of Katherin Hall Cambridge, and preacher of Grayes-Inne, London. Begun in his life time, and published by T.G. and P.N.	Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635.; Goodwin, Thomas, 1600-1680.; Nye, Philip, 1596?-1672.	1639 (1639)	STC 22492; ESTC S117300	150,485	668

Spirit of God workes upon the soule by the meanes of grace by gracious habits and qualities wrought for he doth not worke upon the soule immediately before he alter and change the soule the Spirit workes upon the s●ule by altering and changing of it and when it hath altered the soule then it joynes with the soule and alters and changeth it according to the Image of Christ more and more still I beseech you in your dayly practise all learne this that you trust not too much to any outward performance or taske to make Idols of outward things people when they would change their dispositions and bee better they take a great deale of p●ines in hearing and reading and praying all these are things necessary but they are dead things without the Spirit of Christ therefore in the use of all those outward things whatsoever they be looke up to ●hrist that is the quickning Spirit that sends the Spirit into our hearts the Spirit must enliven and give vigour to all these things and then somewhat will be done in religion in hearing and reading and praying and receiving the Sacrament Therefore in all these looke to the Spirit first hee laboureth in vaine that relieth not wholly upon the Spirit of God that trusts not to a higher strength than his owne it must be a higher strength than our owne that must worke any good in our soules either grace or comfort or peace and therefore in the use of all things as the proverbe is oculos ad coelum c. let the eye bee to heaven when the hand is at the sterne at the same time and then we shall be transformed and changed by the Spirit of God Know that in all meanes alway the spirit is the principle efficient blessing cause of all and therefore before we set upon any thing that is good wherein we looke for any spirituall good desire God by his holy Spirit that hewould ●loath what shall be sayd words are winde without the Spirit the Spirit must goe with the ordinances as the Arteries goe together with the Veines You know in the Veines in the body there are Arteries that goe with them they convey the spirits the veynes convey the blood that is a dull thing without the Spirits of it selfe if there were no Spirits in the Arteries what would the blood in the veines be nothing but a heavie uncomfortable humour but the Arteries that come from the heart the fountaine of life being joyned and conveying the spirits they quicken the blood that comes from the Liver so the veines and arteries joyne together to make the blood cheerefull The Word and truth of God are like the blood in the veines there is a great deale of matter in them but there is no life at all there must the Spirit goe along with them to give life and quickning to the Word to cloath those divine truthes with the Spirit and then it workes wonders not else Paul spake to Lydia Ast. 16. but the holy Ghost opened her heart the Spirit hath the key of the heart to unlocke and open the heart we speake to the outward man but except the inward man be opened by the Spirit of God and unlocked all is to no purpose therefore let us pray for the Spirit of this changing all is by the Spirit of the Lord. It is in mysticall Christ even as it was in naturall Christ all his grace was from the holy Ghost as man for though he were conceived of the holy Ghost he was annoynted by the h●ly Ghost he was sealed by the holy Ghost he was lead by the holy Ghost into the wildernesse he offered himselfe by the Spirit he was raysed by the Spirit he was full of the Spirit As it was in Christ naturall so it is in Christ mysticall that is in the Church all is by the Spirit as he was conceived in the wombe by the Spirit so we are conceived to be Christians by the Spirit the same Spirit that sanctified him sanctifieth us but first the Spirit by way of Vnion sanctifieth us by knitting us to him the head of all and then unction comes after union annoynting after union then the Spirit when he hath knit us to Christ workes the same annoynting that he did in Christ. Therefore we are called Christians of Christ not onely partakers of the naked name but of the annoynting of Christ that annoynting that runnes downe the head of our spirituall Aaron to the skirts to every poore Christian. All change all comfort all peace is from the Spirit of Christ therefore give him the glory of all if wee Finde any comfort in any truth it comes not from us but from his Spirit and wee must goe upward to him againe as all descends from heaven from the Father of lights and from the Spirit of God so all must ascend againe yeeld him the prayse of all And one worke of the Spirit is to carry our soules up for the Spirit as it comes from heaven to change us so it carries us up againe to view and to imitate Christ to be where Christ is as water when it is to be carryed up it is carryed as high as the spring head from whence it came so the Spirit comming from Christ it never leaves changing and altering of us till it have carryed us to Christ againe therefore as it is the work of the Spirit to carry us to Christ so let us desire it may carry us before hand for the good worke begun in us in thankefulnesse that we may begin heaven upon earth all is from the Spirit of Christ. A man now in the state of grace must looke for nothing from himselfe for as we are saved altogether out of our selves by Christ the mediator so the fitting for that glorious S●lvation that we have purchased by Christ it is by the Spirit the working of our salvation is by God and the assurance of it to our soules is by the holy Ghost by the witnesse of God sealed to us and the fitting and preparing and changing and sanctifying of us it is by the holy Ghost all is out of us in the covenant of grace wherein God is a gracious Father in Christ all is out of us in regard of the spring The worke indeed is terminated in us the Spirit of God alters our understanding will and affections but the spring is out of us as in Paradise those foure streames that watered Paradise that runne through it yet the head of them was out of Paradise in another part of the world so though the worke of the holy Ghost the streames of the Spirit runne through the soule and water it yet the spring of those graces the holy Ghost is out of us and Christ the roote of Salvation is out of us for God in the covenant of grace will not trust us as in Adam God trusted us with grace hee had grace in his owne keeping if he would he might have stood he had