Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	father_n	ghost_n	holy_a	5,369	5	5.6194	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25248	Redeeming the time a sermon preached at Preston in Lancashire, January 4th, 1657 at the funeral of the honourable lady, the Lady Margaret Houghton / by Isaac Ambrose.	Ambrose, Isaac, 1604-1664.; Houghton, Margaret, Lady, d. 1657.	1674 (1674)	Wing A2969; ESTC R29590	26,695	20

whereby I can be saved and there is no other Righteousness but Christs whereby I can be justified Surely shall one say in the Lord have I Righteousness and strength Isa 45.24 3. I must make an actual commutation with the Lord Jesus as to my sins and his Righteousness And to that purpose 1. I must hearken to the voice of Christ calling me to him with my burthen Come to me thou poor soul with thy guilt of sin for that is mine this agreement I made with my Father from all Eternity that I should come and take thy sins and bear them away they were my lot give me thy burden give me all thy sins thou knowest not what to do with them I know how to dispose of them well enough so that God shall be glorified and thy soul delivered 2. Vpon this call I must lay down my sins at the Cross of Christ upon his shoulders This is faiths great and bold adventure upon the grace faithfulness and truth of Christ to stand by the Cross and say Ah! he is bruised for my sins and wounded for my transgressions and the chastisement of my peace is upon him He is thus made sin for me here I give up my sins to him that is able to bear them he requries at my hands that I should be content to throw my sins upon him and to this I consent 3. Having thus by faith given up my sins to Christ I must draw nigh and take from him that Righteousness which he hath wrought out for me To this purpose he tenders himself and his Righteousness to be my Righteousness before God and by my acceping of it I compleat this bartering and exchange of faith and come into communion with Jesus Christ as to my acceptation with God by grace 2 Cor. 5.21 He was made sin for us that we might become the Righteousness of God in him 3. I would consider of my communion with the holy Ghost in comfort John 14.26 We read usually in the Gospel that he is the Comforter John 15.26 Oh the condescension of the Holy Ghost he willingly proceedeth John 16.7 or comes forth from the Father to be our Comforter he knew what we were and what would be our dealings with him he knew we would grieve him provoke him quench his motions defile his dwelling place and yet he would come to be our Comforter Now for my communion with the holy Ghost herein the directions are these 1. I must ask him of the Father in the name of Jesus Christ This is the daily work of Believers they look upon and consider the holy Ghost as promised to be sent and in this promise they know lies all their grace peace mercie and comfort for by him so promised are these things communicated Luke 11.13 O then how should I ask him of the Father who is as ready to bestow him on me as I am to give my children bread If ye being evil know how to give good gifs unto your children how much more shall your Heavenly Father give the holy Spirit to them that ask him 2. If comfort come I must learn to act faith distinctly on the Holy Ghost as the immediate efficient cause of all my comfort It may be the Spirit is given and be tenders or administers consolations but then I do not consider him as the Comforter why surely this grievs him a lively faith will take notice of his kindness upon every work of consolation that I receive I should write this Motto This is from the Holy Ghost he is my Comforter and the God of all my consolation 3. I must return praise and thanks and honour and glory and blessings to him on the account of those comforts I receive from him When I feel my self warmed with joy supported with peace or established in obedience I should then ascribe to him the praise that is his due And this praising of him is no small part of my communion with him Say now is not here a Priviledge worthy of my consideration would not a thought of this Psal 119.54 25. and my acting in this leave a sweet favour in my soul when I am going to my Bed as to my grave Psal 63.5.6 David could say Thy statutes have been my song in the house of my Pilgrimage Psal 149.5 I have remembred thy name O Lord in the night And my soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness Isa 26.9 and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips Job 35.10 Ay but when must this be He answers When I remember thee upon my Bed Psal 42.8 and meditate on thee in the night-watches And he fastens it as a Duty upon all Saints Psal 77 6 Let the Saints be joyful in glory let them sing aloud upon their beds And the Church resolves upon it With my soul have I desired thee in the night and with my spirit within me will I seek thee early Surely it is God saith Elihu who giveth songs in the night And in the night saith David his song shall be with me And 't was a blessed remedy to his heavy Soul I call to remembrance my song in the night Oh that with such thoughts and considerations of my communion with God and Christ and the spirit of Christ for of some other Priviledge I might every night go to my Bed for then like the Philomele should I sing in the night yea then would my Soul be satisfied as with Marrow and fatness and my Mouth would praise him with joyful lips I might instance in many other duties which would then be seasonable but these are the main and if this day were my last day or if this night I must sleep my last in this world yet I should comfortably hope that in the doing of these duties in a spiritual manner I had in good measure redeemed my time and that when I awake though I never awake till the Resurrection day yet then should I see God face to face and I should be satisfied with his likeness Psal 17.15 I have now done only before we part I would say something of the deceased party as to our edification and so an end You know I have been sparing in this way because of many abuses and especially because all promiscuously look for praises at their death howsoever they spend their life But now God hath removed me from this pastoral charge and I shall not here perform many of these last offices of love probably never more than this and therefore at this time I shall crave your patience and attentions to what may be spoken without any prejudice to truth or harm to you The Duty I am pressing on you is to redeem the time and this I believe of the deceased party that she redeemed her time I shall not speak of her Birth Education Progeny Nobility Stemmata quid faciunt Alas what 's all this to a Funeral-Sermon Nor shall I speak of her youth