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death_n	body_n	great_a	sin_n	5,697	5	4.5176	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02692	The blessednesse of a sound spirit: vvith the misery of a vvounded spirit VVhere first a sound spirit is described and differenced, and lets discouered, helpes prescribed. By Robert Harris.	Harris, Robert, 1581-1658.	1628 (1628)	STC 12824; ESTC S103793	13,906	31

makes vs more sensible of sorrowes than comforts Secondly Carnall for all sinne is as poison to the spirit Thirdly Diabolicall not so spirituall comforts Moreouer a naturall spirit beares some things only as C. Marius the cutting of his flesh but not all as disgraces c. witnesse Cato Saul c. Secondly a naturall spirit though it bite in passion yet is destitute of positiue ioy peace confidence c. THE MISERIE OF A WOVNDED SPIRIT PROV 18.14 A wounded spirit who can beare Thus farre of a good Spirit now to the bad A Wounded spirit is a burden intolerable Doct. 2 before I proue the point I must shew you that mans spirit is subiect to woūds of two sorts First of a friend Secondly of a soe When God wounds as a friend as often he doth afflict the spirit as well as the body in loue he makes that wound tolerable partly by qualifying and mitigating the blow for in wrath hee remembers mercy and whereas those inward wounds admit degrees as pricking breaking opening the heart he proceeds not to extremities with his children partly by supporting with secret hopes and comforts for his childrens peace is neuer quite taken away faith neuer quite failes them but when he smires as a foe the wound proues vnsufferable to a creature and such as would soone swallow a man did not the Lord sustaine nature to beare it he could not else stand vnder it Indeed when God proceeds to wounding the spirit would vtterly faile did not either mercie or iustice in God vphold it in being Now that a wounded spirit is a burden intolerable we will proue from testimony and Reason Testimony First Diuine here in the text and else-where All the dayes of the afflicted are cuilt which if it be true of other much more of this affliction that falls vpon the soule Pron 15. 15. Secondly other testimonies namely from those that haue had experience of it as 1. men and there First good men How haue the stoutest yeelded vnder this burden How hath it ground them to dust Heare Dauid Psal 32. and Psal 51. His bones were broken as it were How made it Iob to wish death Iob 6. to quarrell God others to quake Psal 77. to howle Psal 102. nay some to attempt death some haply to effect it Secondly from bad men how doth it terrifie them Leuit. 26. so that they fly at a leafe paine them that they cast vp all their shame and how doth it depriue them not only of outward comfort but of life and causes them to cast themselues into hell to auoid it How haue they wished thousands of yeares in hell so that then they might bee eased Secondly Deuills they witnesse this truth against their wills First when their consciences being terrified at the fight of Christs God-head they cry out Art thou come to torment vs before our time and quake as prisoners when they see the Iudge comming Secondly When God pursues them very anguish and sorrow makes them madde and to lose all vse of their large vnderstandings when they would sting Gods creatures to death and doe him and them the greatest despight they endeuour the troubles and terrours of conscience as well knowing this to be the most crushing and pressing euill Thirdly of Christ Iesus who though free from sinne inherent yet endured the sorrowes of death and was broken not in body only but in spirit also when he cried out My God my God why haft thou for saken mee and trembled and sweat and bled and groned vnder this stroake which was so intolerable to Christ Iesus as that the Angels of heauen came to comfort him and the Godhead was requisite to support him who can stand vnder In short wee haue heard of creatures that haue suffered the mangling of bodies the ripping vp of bowels racking of ioynts burning of flesh boiling in oyle and the like without crying out My God my God why haft thou for saken me but neuer heard of a wounded spirit but either it sunke vnder despaire or made pitious moane to God or man or both First from the causes of this wound as it is mingled with sinne mans selfe and Satan ioyne Reason 1 and these be sore enemies Satan is a fiery Dragon a stinging Serpent a cunning despightfull Aduersarie and yet he is the least when a man is diuided against himselfe and wit knowledge memory strength all the weapons of nature and the enlightning spirit are turned against ones selfe it must needs be tedious and bitter but then as these wounds are fruits of Iustice they are properly Gods stroakes and so there is not Dauid and a Goliah nor Dauid and a Saul a King and a Flea opposed but the Creator and creature is God Secondly Reas 2 from the effects it disableth or discourageth a man from the meanes of comfort of all diseases those be worst which make one vncapable of Physicke depriue one of Reason or of strength to take helpe such are these of the spirit A man labouring vnder this burden and inwardly bleeding is afraid to pray to communicate himselfe he thinks that he tempts God in it that his physicke is his poison at least that it will be to no purpose Secondly it multiplies feares creates feares euer doubts more is behinde that which is alreadie felt Thirdly drawes matter of discouragement and feare from all things as we finde in all stories if God feed it is but to fat him for the knife if he preserue it is but for further iudgement and so of the rest Thirdly from the subiect the spirit is the life of all as the light of the eye is the light of the hand of the foot and of all the parts of the bodie so the spirit is the life of all no life in wealth friends estare c. without this this runnes thorow all wound this wound all yea this is the pillar that beares vp all as when the stomacke failes legs armes and all parts faile so when the spirit failes all failes and as in a house where is but one getter is he sinkes all sinke so here it is the spirit that purueyes and brings in all if this pipe be stopped no comfort streams toward vs. First Vse 1 this discouers the miserable folly and wickednesse of most men who of all burdens seare and feele this least A wounded estate a wounded name a wounded body is something with them but a wounded spirit they know not what it meanes hence this last is neuer feared when the other worke trembling nay hence conscience receiues wounds on the inside that the ourside may be saued men will steale to preuent pouertie lye to get out of debt consult with Wizards to escape sicknesse they will giue their soules a thousand gashes to faue the skinne Oh intolerable folly this is to pricke the hand for the sauing of the gloue nay to hazard ones head for the sauing of a hat of a feather of all enemies God is the forest of